Full Description
In the last decade, programming and computational thinking (CT) have been introduced on a large scale in school curricula and standards all over the world. In countries such as the UK, a new school subject—computing—was created, whereas in countries such as Sweden, programming was included in existing subjects, notably mathematics and technology education. The introduction of programming and CT in technology education implies a particular relationship between programming and technology. Programming is usually performed with technological artefacts—various types of computers—and it can also be seen as a specific branch of engineering.
This book analyses the background to and current implementation of programming and computational thinking in a Swedish school technology context, in relation to international developments. The various chapters deal with pertinent issues in technology education and its relation to computers and computing, for example, computational thinking and literacy, teachers' programming competence, and computational thinking, programming, and learning in technology education. The book includes examples from educational research that could also be used as inspiration for school teaching, teacher education and curriculum development.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
1 Introduction: Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education
Jonas Hallström
PART 1: Definition, Philosophy and History of Programming and Computational Thinking, in Relation to Technology Education
2 How Computers Entered Swedish Classrooms: The Importance of Educating Digital Citizens
Jörgen Nissen and Linnéa Stenliden
3 Transposition of Computing and Programming Knowledge in Swedish Upper Secondary School during the 1970s and 1980s
Lennart Rolandsson, Cecilia Kilhamn and Kajsa Bråting
4 Introducing Programming and Computational Thinking in Grades 1-9: Sweden in an International Context
Linda Mannila and Fredrik Heintz
5 Design and Make—and Code? Technology Education and a Unified Conception of Technology
Jonas Hallström
6 Framing Computational Thinking and Digital Competence in Technology Education
Helena Isaksson Persson and Arnold Pears
7 Visual Programming as a Tool for Developing Knowledge in STEM Subjects: A Literature Review
Karin Stolpe and Jonas Hallström
PART 2: Curriculum and Teacher Perspectives on Computational Thinking and Programming in Technology Education
8 Programming in School Technology Education: An Insight into Teachers' Efforts to Unpack and Shape Programming in Technology Education
Peter Vinnervik
9 Discourses of Programming Teaching within Compulsory Education
Susanne Engström and Eva Björkholm
10 Student Teachers' Experiences of Programmed Technological Artefacts: Range of Understanding and Ideas for Development
Anna Perez and Maria Svensson
11 Swedish Technology Teachers' Understandings of Computer Programming as Modelling
Helen Brink
12 Teachers' Experience of Science Centres as a Resource for Programming Education
Maria Sparf
PART 3: Computational Thinking and Programming in Technology Teaching
13 Introducing Programming in an Early Primary Technology Classroom: The Distinction between Human and Robot
Astrid Berg and Cecilia Axell
14 Students' Conceptions of Programmed Technological Solutions: A Basis for Organising Teaching
Anne-Marie Cederqvist
15 Metaphors and Gestures in Programming Education
Andreas Larsson
16 Product or Process Criteria? What Teachers Value When Assessing Programming
Lars Björklund and Charlotta Nordlöf
Index
