COMPUTER SCIENCE IN TEACHER EDUCATION

Abstract:  Computer science and information technology in our time have acquired a basic importance not only in education but also in many areas of human activity, which forces us to pay close attention to the education of schoolchildren in this area. It is advisable in this situation to consider issues related to the training of teachers of computer science and information technology. Analyzing the experience of teacher training at the Pacific State University Pedagogical Institute, we propose to focus on the fundamentalization of training in the field of computer science. This will require teachers involved in the educational process to review the content of the courses being taught, primarily for mathematics teachers working with standard established courses. They will need to fill their courses with modern sections of their discipline, review the applications of their discipline taking into account the requirements of computer science, take into account the information technologies used in this area of science and in the process of teaching this discipline. At the same time, we should not forget that the content of school informatics significantly depends on the type and type of educational institution, that is, the development of methodological training of teachers is required. By choosing the discipline «Theoretical foundations of Computer Science», we show what, in our opinion, should be changes in the presentation of mathematical disciplines