Exploring embedded computational thinking in STEM teacher education
Exploring embedded computational thinking in STEM teacher education
Samenvatting
Computational thinking (CT) has become a necessity in many professional domains. As such, scholars argue that the acquisition of CT and application should be embedded in existing school subjects. Within the CT literature, a tax-onomy distinguishes CT practices in STEM education into four categories: data related, systems thinking, modeling & simulation and computational problem solving (CPSP). Practical applications of these different categories are still limited. This paper presents three examples in which edu-cators of science teachers integrate CT within STEM con-tent knowledge using the above mentioned taxonomy. The first example applies to CPSP and data practices, the sec-ond to CPSP exclusively, the final to systems thinking and modeling & simulation. The examples provide practical insight that makes the use of CT in STEM education more tangible for practitioners.
Organisatie | Hogeschool van Amsterdam |
Gepubliceerd in | Sixth APSCE International Conference on Computational Thinking and STEM Education 2022 Delft, Netherlands, NLD |
Datum | 2022-08-15 |
Type | Conferentiebijdrage |
DOI | 10.34641/ctestem.2022.454 |
Taal | Engels |