1. Choice of language and IDE for teaching of programming in secondary schools Dušan Tošić Faculty of Mathematics, Belgrade university dtosic@matf.bg.ac.rs Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20121

2. 2 Agenda 1.Introduction 2.Secondary schools in Serbia 3.IT subjects in Gymnasiums (grammar schools) 4.Changing of Gymnasium’s curriculum 5.Features of changed curriculum 6.What are criterions for choice of programming language and IDE 7.Possible candidates 8.Real possibilities 9.Conclusion

3. 1. Introduction Choice of the first programming language (for programming teaching) has been actual from the appearing programming languages There are a lot of articles and documents dedicated to this problem Some languages (like: BASIC, Pascal, Logo, …) are designed only for teaching of programing. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 2012 3

4. 2. Secondary schools in Serbia There are 3 kinds of secondary schools in Serbia: (4-years) – Comprehensive schools (gymnasiums) – Technical, Vocational and art schools (job-oriented schools) (3-years) – Handcraft and some art schools The age of students is between 15 and 19 years Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20124

5. 3. IT subjects in Gymnasiums (grammar schools) Gymnasiums are the most important secondary schools There are IT subjects in each year during gymnasium studying On some directions the programming is thought. Programming language Pascal has been used so far. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20125

6. 4. Changing of Gymnasium’s curriculum Last year (2011) is adopted modified curriculum for gymnasiums in Serbia IT subjects are reduced Programming is studied in third year New curriculum is more flexible the previous one. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20126

7. 5. Features of changed curriculum IT subjects of the first and second year of studying are not significantly changed Program of third and fourth year is significantly changed Language for teaching programming is not specified Accent is on the using some GUI environment in teaching of programing Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20127

8. 6. What are criterions for choice of programming language and IDE There are no recommendation related to programming language and IDE There are some general guidelines related to programming language and elements that should be included The choice of IDE and programming language should make Active of teachers for IT in each school. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 2012 8

9. 7. Possible candidates Visual BASIC and.NET C# and.NET (Visual Studio) Pascal and Delphi environment Java and NetBeans (or some other IDE) JavaScript and some HTML enivironment … Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 20129

10. 8. Real possibilities At least 3 languages and IDE will be proposed for teaching of programming in gymnasiums: Pascal and Delphi C# and.NET Java and NetBeans ??? There is possibility that Ministry of education will limit the number of candidates. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 201210

11. 9. (Instead of) conclusion New gymnasium’s curricula offers more freedom More responsibilities for Active of teachers (association of teachers of IT in a school) Support of book-publishers is important for final choice, too. Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 201211

12. THANK YOU! Opatija, Croatia. 3 September - 8 Sepember, 201212