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Computational Thinking in Education explores the relevance of computational thinking in primary and secondary education.
As today's school-aged students prepare to live and work in a thoroughly digitized world, computer science is providing a wealth of new learning concepts and opportunities across domains. This book offers a comprehensive overview of computational thinking, its history, implications for equity and inclusion, analyses of competencies in practice, and integration into learning, instruction, and assessment through scaffolded teacher education.
Computer science education faculty and pre- and in-service educators will find a fresh pedagogical approach to computational thinking in primary and secondary classrooms.
List of contents
1 Computational Thinking: A Professional and Historical Perspective
Matti Tedre & Peter J. Denning
2 Computational Thinking Today
Shuchi Grover
3 A Computational Thinking Integration Model for Primary and Secondary Classrooms
Steven Azeka & Aman Yadav
4 Democracy and Computation: A Normative Perspective on the Magic of the New Millennium
Ulf Dalvad Berthelsen & Carsten Fogh Nielsen
5 Computational Thinking as Subject Matter: As an Independent Subject or Integrated across Subjects?
Morten Tannert, Rasmus Fink Lorentzen, and Ulf Dalvad Berthelsen
6 Assessment of Computational Thinking
David Weintrop, Daisy Rutstein, Marie Bienkowski, and Steven McGee
7 Ethnocomputing and Computational Thinking
Michael Lachney, Briana Green, Madison C. Allen, and Lakisha Foy
8 Professional Development as a Bridge between Teacher Competencies and Computational Thinking Integration
Secil Caskurlu, Aman Yadav, Kyle Dunbar, and Rafi Santo
9 Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers: Revamping Teacher Education for the 21st Century
Anne Leftwich, Aman Yadav, and Chrystalla Mouza
10 Integrating Computing through Task-Specific Programming for Disciplinary Relevance: Considerations and Examples
Mark Guzdial & Tamara Shreiner
11 Computational Thinking as District Strategy: Moving the CS vs CT Debate from the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse
Rafi Santo, June Ahn, and Leigh Ann DeLyser
About the author
Aman Yadav is a Professor of Educational Psychology and Educational Technology in the College of Education at Michigan State University, USA.
Ulf Dalvad Berthelsen is an Associate Professor in the School of Communication and Culture at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Summary
Computational Thinking in Compulsory Education explores the relevance of computational thinking in primary and secondary education.
