A Model for Infusing Computational Thinking Skills at Teacher Colleges in a Developing Country

Jocelyn Simmonds, Francisco J. Gutierrez, Nancy Hitschfeld Kahler, Catalina Torrent, Cecilia Casanova, Sebastián Toro-Guajardo, Valentín Muñoz
January 2022
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Abstract

Current advances emphasize that young learners benefit from developing and applying computational thinking (CT) skills to solve problems in a variety of subjects, not limited to mathematics and science. Under this scenario, the inclusion of CT in primary and secondary education will not scale up if pre-service teachers do not actively acquire these skills during their formation. However, how this should be done is not clear. We propose an integration model to infuse CT skills at teacher colleges in Chile, which takes into account our previous work on the topic, as well as current standards, interests, and educational policies in Chile.

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Conference paper
Publication
Proceedings of the 17th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
pedagogy programs pre-service teachers computational thinking
Nancy Hitschfeld Kahler
Nancy Hitschfeld Kahler
+Lab founder | Full Professor Universidad de Chile

Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Chile. Her main research interests include geometric modeling, geometric meshes, and parallel algorithms (GPU computing), focused in computational science, and engineering applications.