Didactical strategies and challenges when teaching programming in pre-schoolVisa övriga samt affilieringar
2018 (Engelska)Ingår i: EDULEARN18: Proceedings, The International Academy of Technology, Education and Development, 2018, s. 3345-3350Konferensbidrag, Publicerat paper (Refereegranskat)
Abstract [en]
Many countries around the world have introduced programming curriculum at K-9 level. For a number of years, a lot of studies have surfaced demonstrating enactments of programming education, for instance through the use of visual programming languages as Scratch in different contexts. However, these studies have had a dominating focus on students of age 7 and older and there are few studies reporting on implementation of programming activities for younger children at preschool. This gap is addressed by this study that focus exclusively on learning of programming in a preschool class of six year olds. We have followed one teacher during six months conducting both classroom observations and interviews. In this paper we report on the didactical methods the teacher used when teaching programming through unplugged (analogue) means, with BlueBot robots, and through Scratch Jr. We end the paper by a discussion reflecting on challenges and lessons learned in relation to introducing programming for young children.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
The International Academy of Technology, Education and Development, 2018. s. 3345-3350
Serie
EDULEARN proceedings, E-ISSN 2340-1117
Nyckelord [en]
programming education, preschool, didactical strategies
Nationell ämneskategori
Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik
Forskningsämne
informationssamhället
Identifikatorer
URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-158944DOI: 10.21125/edulearn.2018.0875ISBN: 978-84-09-02709-5 (digital)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-158944DiVA, id: diva2:1240056
Konferens
10th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies, Palma, Spain, 2-4 July, 2018
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