Computing at School in Sweden - Experiences from Introducing Computer Science within Existing Subjects
Heintz, Fredrik ; Mannila, Linda ; Nygårds, Karin ; Parnes, Parnes and Regnell, Björn LU
(2015)
8th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives
9378.
p.118-130
- Abstract
- Computing is no longer considered a subject area only relevant for a narrow group of professionals, but rather as a vital part of general education that should be available to all children and youth. Since making changes to national curricula takes time, people are trying to find other ways of introducing children and youth to computing. In Sweden, several current initiatives by researchers and teachers aim at finding ways of working with computing within the current curriculum. In this paper we present case studies based on a selection of these initiatives from four major regions in Sweden and based on these case studies we present our ideas for how to move forward on introducing computational thinking on a larger scale in Swedish... (More)
- Computing is no longer considered a subject area only relevant for a narrow group of professionals, but rather as a vital part of general education that should be available to all children and youth. Since making changes to national curricula takes time, people are trying to find other ways of introducing children and youth to computing. In Sweden, several current initiatives by researchers and teachers aim at finding ways of working with computing within the current curriculum. In this paper we present case studies based on a selection of these initiatives from four major regions in Sweden and based on these case studies we present our ideas for how to move forward on introducing computational thinking on a larger scale in Swedish education. (Less)
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- author
- Heintz, Fredrik
; Mannila, Linda
; Nygårds, Karin
; Parnes, Parnes
and Regnell, Björn
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2015
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- computer science, software engineering, engineering education, engineering didactic, computing in school
- categories
- Higher Education
- host publication
- Informatics in Schools. Curricula, Competences, and Competitions /Lecture Notes in Computer Science and General Issues
- editor
- Brodnik, Andrzej and Vahrenhold, Jan
- volume
- 9378
- pages
- 13 pages
- publisher
- Springer
- conference name
- 8th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives
- conference location
- Ljubljana, Slovenia
- conference dates
- 2015-09-28 - 2015-10-01
- external identifiers
-
- wos:000365961200012
- scopus:84950254653
- ISSN
- 1611-3349
- 0302-9743
- ISBN
- 978-3-319-25395-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-25396-1_11
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- b0b35053-ee6c-4575-aef6-d81e6f0f464c (old id 8033902)
- date added to LUP
- 2016-04-01 10:06:50
- date last changed
- 2024-10-06 20:41:29
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