ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 4|16 pages
Democracy and Computation
A Normative Perspective on the Magic of the New Millennium
chapter 5|17 pages
Computational Thinking as Subject Matter
As an Independent Subject or Integrated across Subjects?
chapter 9|21 pages
Preparing the Next Generation of Teachers
Revamping Teacher Education for the 21st Century
chapter 10|19 pages
Integrating Computing through Task-Specific Programming for Disciplinary Relevance
Considerations and Examples
chapter 11|21 pages
Computational Thinking as District Strategy
Moving the CS vs CT Debate from the Ivory Tower to the Schoolhouse
