Teaching information technology using the perry stages
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Abstract
Teaching Information Technology (IT) is a very challenging endeavor because of the constant changes to the software and the hardware every eighteen months to two years and major paradigm shifts every ten years. It is very difficult, if not impossible, to stay up with the current and ever changing IT technology and teach our students with some air of authority. This challenge can lead to frustration for both the teacher and the student. In the 1960s William J Perry, Jr. established his Scheme of Intellectual Development with 9 stages[1]. This model can also be used by IT instructors as a way to lead students to realizing their learning potential and to allow instructors to grow as well. His ideas actually give us a chance to teach the latest technologies without having to be an expert. We professors are also life-long learners and this scheme helps us mature as well. By demonstrating how our own IT learning takes place, we actually encourage students to begin their own journey through the Perry stages.
References
[1]
William G. Perry, Forms of Intellectual and Ethical Development in the College Years: A Scheme, New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1970.
[2]
Joanne Kurfiss, Intellectual, Psychosocial and Moral Development in College: Four Major Theories, In Manual for Project QUE (Quality Undergraduate Education), Council for Independent Colleges, Revised 1983.
[3]
Pavelich, Michael J. & Moore, William S. "Measuring the effect of experiential education using the Perry model." Journal of Engineering Education, 85(4), October, 1996. p. 287--292.
[4]
Wankat, P. & Oreovicz, F, "Teaching Engineering" . New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. engineering.purdue.edu/che/news_and_events/publications/teaching_engineering.
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Felder, Richard & Brent, Rebecca "Understanding Student Differences" Journal of Engineering Education, 94(1), January, 2005. p. 57--72.
[6]
Felder, Richard & Brent, Rebecca "The Intellectual Development of Science and Engineering Students Part 1. Models and Challenges" Journal of Engineering Education, 93(4), 2005. p. 269--277.
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