On Teaching Programming Fundamentals and Computational Thinking with Educational Robotics: A Didactic Experience with Pre-Service Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Piedade, João; Dorotea, Nuno; Pedro, Ana; Matos, João Filipe
Titel	On Teaching Programming Fundamentals and Computational Thinking with Educational Robotics: A Didactic Experience with Pre-Service Teachers
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 10 (2020), Artikel 214 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Piedade, João) ORCID (Pedro, Ana)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Programming; Computer Science Education; Thinking Skills; Robotics; Preservice Teachers; Preservice Teacher Education; Didacticism; Masters Programs; Elementary Secondary Education; Vignettes; Instructional Design; Self Efficacy; Problem Solving; Knowledge Level; Transfer of Training; Foreign Countries; Information Science; Portugal (Lisbon) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Programmierung; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Denkfähigkeit; Robotertechnik; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Didaktisierung; Magister course; Magisterstudiengang; Lesson concept; Lessonplan; Unterrichtsentwurf; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Problemlösen; Wissensbasis; Training; Transfer; Ausbildung; Ausland; Informationswissenschaft
Abstract	This study aims to analyze how pre-service informatics teachers design learning scenarios with robotics to teach programming fundamentals and to promote computational thinking skills. A descriptive and exploratory case study design was implemented with 26 pre-service informatics teachers. Data were collected from the participants using qualitative and quantitative instruments. The main results pointed out the affordances and possibilities of the use of learning scenarios with robotics to teach programming fundamentals and to promote computational thinking skills as well as a strong path to promote the application of contents of the other Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) areas. Another significant finding was the impact of the didactic experience on the level of interest and self-confidence of the pre-service teachers in using robotics for teaching purposes. The results showed the importance of these didactics experiences to the pre-service teachers preparation and to apply the pedagogic approaches they have learned in theory in practical activities and to transfer this knowledge to new pedagogical situations and problems. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01