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The syllabus/curriculum indicates the content or main topics to be taught but do not specify in most gases the sub-topic or give details of the works to be covered by the teacher. The computer science teacher is therefore expected to use the curriculum in working out a detailed plan showing what he/she will teach or cover each week of the term. a scheme of work is seen by many authors as:

1. Units or list of sub-topics drawn from major/broad topics in the syllabus/curriculum.

2. A detailed outline showing the topics the teacher intends to cover in a particular order.

These detailed outlines are usually drawn from the syllabus and it contains the assessment or evaluation of the student as well as teaching resources.

3. The listing of a series of topic to be taught in the classroom within a term and the order in which they are to be taught.

The contents of computer science at the secondary school levels arrange in a hierarchical order with lower concept learning to the understanding of the higher one.

The computer science teacher is therefore, expected to present his/her lesson in a logical sequence according to a well structured timetable and this should be belief into the scheme of work. The scheme of work should clearly show; the objectives of each topic, instructional materials or teaching resources, teaching method/technologies, and evaluation guide students‘ activities.

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The scheme of work, therefore, is a guide for teachers teaching a subject. It is a proposed statement of activities the teacher has tabulated and is to be accomplished within a specified period of time.

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teacher has the right to change, supplement and vary the content of the scheme according to the needs and abilities of their students. New innovations in the subject by the teacher are welcome and should be sue in modifying the scheme of work.

The importance/usefulness of the scheme of work is strongly tied to purpose it serves and they include:

1. The teacher use it as a guide to know what he/she is expected to cover within a given period.

2. The schemes of work help the teacher to select appropriate instructional materials that may facilitate effective teaching and learning of a given topic and when a particular topic is to be taught.

3. There is continuity in what the topic lean on the learning of previous ones.

4. The topic outline/objectives in the scheme will help the teacher to evaluate his/her student.

5. Head teachers, principals and school supervisors used it to determine the extent of topic coverage in a class.

6. If there is a change of subject teacher, the scheme of work enables the succeeding teacher to know exactly where his/her predecessor has covered and were to start from.

Similarly, the following steps are necessary when developing scheme of work.

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Step I: Undertake a careful study of the prescribed computer science syllabus/curriculum.

Step II: List out the broad topics in the syllabus/curriculum Step III: Develop your sub-topics from the broad topics

Step IV: Allocate periods to the topics depending on the length of the term and the time allocated to the subject

Step V: Adjust or modify the period in which certain topics are to be taught so as to enhance efficiency.

Step VI: Sequence of the topics should be from simple to complex, known-to unknown, concrete idea-to-abstract one.

Step VII: Each topic should have evaluation guide.

4.0 CONCLUSION

In the unit, the concept of scheme of work has been discussed. The students have been exposed to how to develop computer science scheme of work. For Secondary Education Teachers of Computer Science should get hold of the curriculum for each year of secondary school and study it properly. It is only a teacher who it knowledgeable about the curriculum that will produce a valid scheme of work.

5.0 SUMMARY

The scheme of work is obtainable from the National Curriculum. The scheme of work provides supporting information about planning and teaching the subjects and form important documentary evidence about course delivery. Moreover, schemes of Work are also extremely flexible teaching guides that can be molded to take account of local teaching needs and resources. However, from the scheme of the lesson note could be prepared. The next Unit centred on the lesson plan.

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6.0 TUTOR-MARKED ASSIGNMENT

(1) Outline the steps involve in develop scheme of work

(2) Why is scheme of work necessary to you as a computer science teacher?

7.0 REFERENCE/FURTHER READINGS

Capel, S. A., Leask, M. and Younie, S. (eds) (2016) Learning to teach in the secondary school:

A Companion to School Experience.London: Routledge.

Dent, C. (2001). The Computer as Tool: from Interaction to Augmentation. Downloaded on 18

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Sept. 2010 from http://www.burningchrome.com.8000/vedent/slis/otherpapers.

Haynes, A. (2007) 100 ideas for lesson planning. London: Continuum International Publishing.

Musingafi, M.C.C; Mhute, I; Zebron, S; & Kaseke K.E (2015). Planning to Teach: Interrogating The Link among the Curricula, the Syllabi, Schemes and Lesson Plans in the Teaching Process. Journal of Education and Practice 6 (9), 54-59.

Timothy J.N; Donald A.S.; James D.L. James D.R. (2006) Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning. Pearson Education Ltd.

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UNIT 2 LESSON NOTE FOR COMPUTER BASED INSTRUCTION