BUILDING THE CAPACITY TO APPLY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN TEACHING HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY FOR STUDENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY EDUCATION - THE CASE OF TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY, VIETNAM

Abstract

The competence to apply information technology in teaching History and Geography as well as in educating pedagogical students is one of the most important professional capacities of primary teachers to meet the new demands of the fourth industrial revolution and the recent innovation of Vietnamese education. Therefore, equipping student teachers of the Department of Primary Education with information technology competence (hereafter IT) is essential considering the Vietnamese education situation. This paper focuses on some issues regarding student teachers’ ability to utilize IT, the necessity to form this capacity for student teachers of Departments of Primary Education majoring in History and Geography subject (a case study of Tay Nguyen University), and recommendations to improve their capacities.