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ERIC Number: EJ1462908
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Feb
Pages: 29
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1042-1629
EISSN: EISSN-1556-6501
Available Date: 2024-08-12
A Computational Thinking Course for All Preservice K-12 Teachers: Implementing the Four Pedagogies for Developing Computational Thinking (4P4CT) Framework
Educational Technology Research and Development, v73 n1 p301-329 2025
Computational thinking is accepted today as a collection of cognitive and social skills required for functioning in the 21st century. The paper presents a conceptual view at computational thinking that encompass concepts, problem-solving skills, application skills, and social skills. To impart those perceptions and skills the paper proposes the Four Pedagogies for Developing Computational Thinking (4P4CT) framework, which relies on active learning, project-based learning, product-based learning, and context-based learning, and advocates implementing computational thinking across "all" the education system in "all" subject matters at "all" ages by "all" teachers. The framework is presented and its implementation in an academic course for preservice K-12 teachers, taught so far in 16 classes attended by 409 preservice K-12 teachers, is described in detail. To support the effective development of the expected competences among preservice teachers, two types of empirical qualitative evidence, related to student outcomes, are presented: (a) simulations of computational processes, and (b) reflections that indicate a change in preservice teachers' perceptions and the application of computational thinking in their future teaching work.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Author Affiliations: 1Beit Berl College, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Education, Kfar Saba, Israel; 2Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Haifa, Israel