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A qualitative study of student perspectives and experiences in an information technology education program.

机译：对信息技术教育计划中学生观点和经验的定性研究。

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The purpose of this study is to learn about students' perspectives of an undergraduate level information technology (IT) education program. The IT program is a recent effort to create a new educational opportunity for computing in college, with recognition that the recent IT developments have had a greater influence on various aspects of people's lives than ever. Students' perspectives are a necessary piece of information to develop this innovative IT education program into a sound educational opportunity. Data were gathered through qualitative in-depth interviews conducted with 28 undergraduate students, most of whom have taken one or more IT classes before. The interview data were analyzed using the grounded theory approach.;The analysis found that college students perceived that they were very competent in dealing with IT primarily due to their continued exposure to computers since youth. However, this perceived competency was not very stable. Students felt that they did not have sufficient IT competency when technical skills of dealing with IT came to attention. They also felt so when comparing their IT competency with that of their peers, examining it in a class context, and confronting a transition from education to the real world. In spite of their preference for and confidence in self-guided learning, students wanted to receive a formal instruction in IT when they needed to learn something difficult, something that they were not very interested in, and something important for their future lives. They also expressed a desire to gain a comprehensive understanding of computers without needing to learn fundamental computing principles.;Students' various interests in IT education were dispersed around learning practical technical skills and understanding social implications of IT. Many participants' focus was a mix of the two factors, which was often expressed as an area that dealt with "how humans and computers interact." This blended interest suggested a potential defining characteristic for IT education. Students' motivations for pursuing IT education ranged from their passion to some practical considerations. The majority of students expressed mixed motivations, often more strongly inclined to practicality. This finding implied that students' practical considerations as well as their pure interests were an important factor to consider in administering an IT program. Participants found that the primary value of the IT program was that it incorporated technological and social topics which had not been well connected previously. Yet, balancing the technical and non-technical components in the curriculum also proved to be the most controversial aspect. Students perceived that the weaknesses of the IT program were also associated with its interdisciplinary nature. Students also viewed that the topics in the IT program were more closely related to many real world problems than the curricula of typical college education programs. Finally, the analysis revealed that students determined the value of the IT minor program in relation to their majors and career interests. Students took the IT minor to supplement their majors, in terras of their interests in developing their careers beyond formal education.;Overall, this investigation showed that students perceived this broad-based education program for IT as an intermediate field that filled a significant niche in college education caused by the recent technological innovations: between technical and social, between school and everyday life, and between formal education and the "real world." The results have practical implications for the development of IT programs in college and for future research directions.
机译：本研究的目的是了解学生对本科信息技术（IT）教育计划的看法。 IT计划是一项新的工作，旨在为大学计算提供新的教育机会，并认识到最近的IT发展对人们生活的各个方面产生了前所未有的巨大影响。学生的观点是将这一创新的IT教育计划发展为良好的教育机会所必需的信息。通过与28名本科生进行的定性深入访谈收集了数据，其中大多数人以前参加过一门或多门IT课。使用扎根理论方法对访谈数据进行了分析。分析发现，大学生认为他们在处理IT方面非常有能力，这主要是由于他们从青年时代起就一直接触计算机。但是，这种感知能力并不十分稳定。当处理IT的技术技能引起注意时，学生们感到他们没有足够的IT能力。当将他们的IT能力与同龄人的IT能力进行比较，在课堂上进行考察并面对从教育到现实世界的转变时，他们也感到如此。尽管他们偏爱自信心学习并且对自学学习充满信心，但是当学生需要学习一些困难的东西，对他们不太感兴趣的东西以及对未来生活很重要的东西时，他们希望获得有关IT的正式指导。他们还表达了在不学习基本计算原理的情况下获得对计算机的全面理解的愿望。学生在IT教育中的各种兴趣分散在学习实践技术技能和理解IT的社会意义上。许多参与者的关注点是这两个因素的混合，通常被表示为涉及“人与计算机如何交互”的领域。这种混杂的兴趣表明了IT教育的潜在定义特征。学生追求IT教育的动机从他们的热情到一些实际考虑。大多数学生表达了不同的动机，往往更倾向于实用性。这一发现表明，学生的实际考虑以及他们的纯兴趣是管理IT程序时要考虑的重要因素。参与者发现，IT程序的主要价值在于它结合了以前没有很好地联系的技术和社会主题。然而，在课程中平衡技术和非技术成分也是最有争议的方面。学生认为IT计划的弱点也与它的跨学科性质有关。学生们还认为，与典型的大学教育课程相比，IT计划中的主题与许多现实世界中的问题更为紧密相关。最后，分析表明，学生根据其专业和职业兴趣确定了IT辅修课程的价值。学生将IT辅修课程作为辅修专业，以实现除正规教育以外的职业发展兴趣。总体而言，这项调查表明，学生将这一基础广泛的IT教育课程视为一个中间领域，填补了该领域的重要市场。最近的技术创新引起的大学教育：在技术与社会之间，在学校与日常生活之间，在正规教育与“现实世界”之间。结果对大学的IT程序的开发和未来的研究方向具有实际意义。

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