Overview
Caters to readers who want to understand the importance of computational thinking and how to implement it in education
Demonstrates how computational thinking is currently being integrated into subject learning in K-12 education
Explores teachers’ professional development in connection with computational thinking education
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Computational Thinking and Tool Development
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Student Competency and Assessment
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Computational Thinking and Programming Education in K-12
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Computational Thinking in K-12 STEM Education and Non-formal Learning
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About this book
This book offers a comprehensive guide, covering every important aspect of computational thinking education. It provides an in-depth discussion of computational thinking, including the notion of perceiving computational thinking practices as ways of mapping models from the abstraction of data and process structures to natural phenomena. Further, it explores how computational thinking education is implemented in different regions, and how computational thinking is being integrated into subject learning in K-12 education. In closing, it discusses computational thinking from the perspective of STEM education, the use of video games to teach computational thinking, and how computational thinking is helping to transform the quality of the workforce in the textile and apparel industry.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Hal Abelson is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. Abelson has a longstanding interest in using computation as a conceptual framework in teaching. He is director of the MIT Appinventor project, used by 8 million people a year, which brings the power of mobile app development to beginners in computing. He directed the first implementation of the Logo computer language for the Apple Computer, which made programming for children widely available on personal computers beginning in 1981. Together with Gerald Sussman, Abelson developed MIT’s introductory computer science subject, Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs, which is based on the notion that a computer language is primarily a formal medium for expressing ideas about methodology, rather than just a way to get a computer to perform operations. This work, with the help of a popular computer science textbook and video lectures, has since had a global impact on university-level computer science education. Abelson is a founding director of the Free Software Foundation and Public Knowledge, as well as a founding director of Creative Commons.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Computational Thinking Education
Editors: Siu-Cheung Kong, Harold Abelson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6528-7
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6527-0Published: 08 August 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6528-7Published: 17 May 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 382
Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 93 illustrations in colour
Topics: Learning & Instruction, Educational Technology, Teaching and Teacher Education, Technology and Digital Education