Open AccessTeaching computational thinking in primary schools: Worldwide trends and teachers’ attitudes
Author(s) -
Valentina Dagienė,
Tatjana Jevsikova,
Gabrielė Stupurienė,
Anita Juškevičienė
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
computer science and information systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.244
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2406-1018
pISSN - 1820-0214
DOI - 10.2298/csis201215033d
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , school teachers , mathematics education , computational thinking , class (philosophy) , computer science , service (business) , order (exchange) , medical education , psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , philosophy , linguistics , economy , finance , economics
Computational thinking (CT) as one of the 21st century skills enters early years education. This paper aims to study the worldwide tendencies of teaching CT through computing in primary education and primary school teachers? understanding of CT. A survey of 52 countries has been performed and complemented by a qualitative study of 15 countries. In order to identify teachers? understanding-level of CT and its integration approach in the class activities, a case study of 110 in-service teachers from 6 countries has been performed. The implications of the research results may be useful for primary school educators, educational initiatives, government authorities, policy makers, e-learning system and content developers dealing with support for teachers aiming to improve their CT professional development qualification.