Participation in the panel discussion “Education of Informatics teachers for contemporary Informatics teaching”

Project leader prof. Nataša Hoić-Božić participated in the panel discussion „Education of Informatics teachers for contemporary Informatics teaching“ that was held on April 13th at the Department of Informatics University of Rijeka. The panel discussion was organized on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Department of Informatics, with the aim of emphasizing the importance of continuous education of Informatics teachers, indicating the need to introduce Informatics as a compulsory subject in primary schools and encouraging debate on the benefits of inclusion of programming and algorithmic way of thinking in teaching younger students. The panelists were:
  • Mrs. Lidija Kralj, Assistant Minister, Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Croatia,
  • Prof. Nataša Hoić-Božić, GLAT project leader and vice head of Department of Informatics, University of Rijeka,
  • Dr. Jasna Tingle, head of the E-Learning Research and Development Service, Education Support Department, Croatian Academic and Research Network –  CARNet,
  • Prof. Neven Vrček, dean of Faculty of Organization and Informatics, University of Zagreb.
Prof. Hoić-Božić presented the main goals and the purpose of the GLAT project and emphasized importance of teachers training for acquiring contemporary knowledge and skills aimed at innovative teaching in the field of ICT. Besides other panelists, students, teachers, principals of primary schools and representatives of Teacher Training Agency from the audience also participated in the discussion and shared their thoughts and experiences.

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