Coding as Literacy in Preschool: A Case Study

Autor/inn/en	Monteiro, Ana Francisca; Miranda-Pinto, Maribel; Osório, António José
Titel	Coding as Literacy in Preschool: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Education Sciences, 11 (2021), Artikel 198 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Monteiro, Ana Francisca) ORCID (Miranda-Pinto, Maribel) ORCID (Osório, António José)
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2227-7102
Schlagwörter	Coding; Literacy; Computation; Thinking Skills; Robotics; Preschool Children; Teaching Methods; Interdisciplinary Approach; Computer Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Codierung; Programmierung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Denkfähigkeit; Robotertechnik; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Computernutzung
Abstract	Coding is increasingly recognized as a new literacy that should be encouraged at a young age. This understanding has recontextualized computer science as a compulsory school subject and has informed several developmentally appropriate approaches to computation, including for preschool children. This study focuses on the introduction of three approaches to computation in preschool (3-6 years), specifically computational thinking, programming, and robotics, from a cross-curricular perspective. This paper presents preliminary findings from one of the case studies currently being developed as part of project KML II-Laboratory of Technologies and Learning of Programming and Robotics for Preschool and Elementary School. The purpose of the KML II project is to characterize how approaches to computation can be integrated into preschool and elementary education, across different knowledge domains. The conclusions point to "expression and communication" as an initial framework for computational approaches in preschool, but also to multidisciplinary and more creative methodological activities that offer greater scope for the development of digital and computational competences, as well as for personal and social development. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01