Unplugged Teaching: Deepening Information Technology Learning

There has been a decline in the number of public schools South Africa offering information technology as subject, yet it holds special significance higher level computational courses especially at tertiary level. Learners doing programming (IT) have difficulties during initial stages learning how to design and develop programs due abstract nature subject demands on use data structures establish needed heuristics solve problems or solutions. Through Semantic wave code Legitimation Code Theory lens, this research aims address cognitive aspects deeper acquiring appropriate knowledge for program problem-solving. The semantics are cornerstone school their difficulty may cause memory overload, hence importance mental computers work. semantic construct Theory, we unpacked unfamiliar settings repacked different by moving from simpler meanings [concrete] complex [abstract]. In work, discuss issues that make more accessible navigating using contextualised exploration giving learners’ concretized understanding while placing them requiring creativity. Importantly, work builds researched literature experience specialists explaining learners through various context profiles multi-level abstraction programming.