INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION OF VOCATIONAL SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract

Ecological education of youth, especially students in vocational school at the level of secondary education, by using computers and other information technologies (IT) is relatively new and still area unexplored enough. A survey conducted by the author of this study showed that the use of these technologies can remove the whole series of weaknesses that characterize traditional environmental education of vocational schools students. Traditional education involves teaching environment that is based on the classic lecture. The main goal of such education is the knowledge transfer from teacher to student, where the teacher is the source of knowledge, and the student is a passive recipient. Contemporary education, however, involves not only simple knowledge reproduction, but creates conditions for active involvement of students in the process of acquiring and learning, where different sources are being used. Using modern IT allows students to choose their source of information, but also to adapt to the dynamics of learning to their own intellectual capabilities.

Keywords

• computer
• IT
• teaching
• methods