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Using an online platform in a didactic learning model that stimulates critical thinking skills of future informatics teachers

https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2024-39-2-69-77

Abstract

Critical thinking is a key competency for future computer science teachers, who must be prepared not only for the rapid technological and informational development of the economy and society but also for the actively evolving process of digitalization in education. The aim of the research presented in the article is to develop methods and tools for enhancing critical thinking skills among future informatics teachers. To this end, the author has created an online platform that provides students with access to a variety of educational resources, including lectures, laboratory work, and interactive tasks. By integrating constructivist, cognitive, and sociocultural approaches to learning, this model promotes deep understanding and analysis of information by students. The platform is physically hosted on the server of Termez State University, built using the Python programming language with the Django framework, and is already being used by second-year students majoring in “Mathematics and Informatics”, studying under the discipline “Informatics and Digital Technologies”.

The online platform offers the necessary functionality for organizing independent study sessions and self-monitoring, allowing students to track their progress and develop the ability to critically evaluate information. The educational platform is a key component of the didactic model for developing critical thinking skills in future informatics teachers, the architecture of which is detailed in the article.

The results of the study presented in the article can be utilized in the educational practices of higher educational institutions (and even schools) seeking to update and optimize their training processes in the context of digitalization.

About the Author

N. N. Panjieva
Termez State University
Uzbekistan

Nazokat N. Panjieva, Basic Doctoral Student at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Applied Mathematics and Intelligent Technologies

Termez, Surkhandarya



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Panjieva N.N. Using an online platform in a didactic learning model that stimulates critical thinking skills of future informatics teachers. Informatics and education. 2024;39(2):69-77. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32517/0234-0453-2024-39-2-69-77

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