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    Computational Thinking in Education: Where does it fit? A systematic literary review


    Lockwood, James and Mooney, Aidan (2017) Computational Thinking in Education: Where does it fit? A systematic literary review. Working Paper. arXiv.

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    Computational Thinking (CT) has been described as an essential skill which everyone should learn and can therefore include in their skill set. Seymour Papert is credited as concretising Computational Thinking in 1980 but since Wing popularised the term in 2006 and brought it to the international community's attention, more and more research has been conducted on CT in education. The aim of this systematic literary review is to give educators and education researchers an overview of what work has been carried out in the domain, as well as potential gaps and opportunities that still exist. Overall it was found in this review that, although there is a lot of work currently being done around the world in many different educational contexts, the work relating to CT is still in its infancy. Along with the need to create an agreed-upon definition of CT lots of countries are still in the process of, or have not yet started, introducing CT into curriculums in all levels of education. It was also found that Computer Science/Computing, which could be the most obvious place to teach CT, has yet to become a mainstream subject in some countries, although this is improving. Of encouragement to educators is the wealth of tools and resources being developed to help teach CT as well as more and more work relating to curriculum development. For those teachers looking to incorporate CT into their schools or classes then there are bountiful options which include programming, hands-on exercises and more. The need for more detailed lesson plans and curriculum structure however, is something that could be of benefit to teachers.
    Item Type: Monograph (Working Paper)
    Additional Information: Cite as: arXiv:1703.07659 [cs.CY]
    Keywords: Education; Computational Thinking; Systematic Literature Review;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Computer Science
    Item ID: 10315
    Depositing User: Aidan Mooney
    Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2018 15:13
    Publisher: arXiv
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10315
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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