Paper Info
Title
Computing education in children's early years: A call for debate
Abstract
International changes in policy and curricula (notably recent developments in England) have led to a focus on the role of computing education in the early years. As interest in the potential of computing education has increased, there has been a proliferation of programming tools designed for young children. While these changes are broadly to be welcomed, the pace of change has arguably led to more attention to the tools than to key questions about pedagogy. This paper proposes three areas of research (Logo; computational thinking; and teaching STEM subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics) that may inform computing education for young children and suggests that a greater focus on thinking skills and connections to manifestations of computers in the real world is needed. Above all, the paper calls for an informed debate about the trend towards introducing computing education to children in the early years.
Year
DOI
Venue
2017
10.1111/bjet.12355
BRITISH JOURNAL OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
Field
DocType
Volume
Pace,Computer science,Computational thinking,Education policy,Comparative education,Logo,Curriculum,Early childhood education,Pedagogy,Educational research
Journal
48.0
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
1.0
0007-1013
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.65
6
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
andrew manches170.65
Lydia Plowman222340.92