Development of a CAI Programme for Student Teacher Training.

Abstract

It is a problem of the present day in the faculty of education to improve the programme for student teacher training. Butit is very difficult to solve, because it has many facets and is quite complex. The problem willbe classified in the following items: 1. The students'lack of the teaching strategy, 2. The students'lack of the reliable knowledge of children's react to the teacher's stimulus, and 3. The limited number of the classes ofthe attached training schools as compared with that of the students. One of the important methods to solve this problem will-be the simulation game. We already have a classroom simulation equipment and are going to develop some sophisticated programmes for it to impi-ove Iteme 2 under the condition of Item 3 in the futui-e. This time, however we i-eport a CAJ programme foi- student teachei-training to improve Item 1 only. This is a genei-al progi-amme for training of strategy and tactics in arithmeticinstruction. Children's reaction to the given question is determined by the numbers which show pupils'ability and activeness and the difficulty level of the question. These numbers ai-e given at i-andom or by the student teacher's instructions. They can also be used in the discussion after the lesson. This study owes much to the suggestion given by Dr. Flalre of the Florida State Univei-sity.