scholarly journals Learning About Viruses: Representing Covid-19

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Manches ◽  
Shaaron Ainsworth
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Biological Properties ◽  
Embodied Learning ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Multiple Messages ◽  
Scientific Phenomena

Covid-19 has significantly impacted children’s lives, requiring them to process multiple messages with significant emotional, social, and behavioural implications. Yet, the vast majority of these messages solely focus on behaviour. This is an oversight as children and young people can understand the biological properties and mechanisms of viruses when supported appropriately, thereby presenting an important opportunity for educators. However, like many other invisible scientific phenomena, understanding of viruses greatly depends upon how they are represented. Thus, we sought to understand the relative benefits and limitations of different forms for learning about the underlying biology of Covid-19. Applying an embodied learning lens, we analysed pictures, 3d models, gestures, dynamic visualisations, interactive representations, and extended reality identified through a state-of-the art-review. In so doing, we address the affordances and limitations of these forms in general and variation within them. We used this to develop a representational checklist that teachers and other adults can use to help them support children and young people’s learning about the biology of Covid-19.

scholarly journals Novice Programming Environments

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judith Good
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Novice Programming ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Looking Glass

In 2011, the author published an article that looked at the state of the art in novice programming environments. At the time, there had been an increase in the number of programming environments that were freely available for use by novice programmers, particularly children and young people. What was interesting was that they offered a relatively sophisticated set of development and support features within motivating and engaging environments, where programming could be seen as a means to a creative end, rather than an end in itself. Furthermore, these environments incorporated support for the social and collaborative aspects of learning. The article considered five environments—Scratch, Alice, Looking Glass, Greenfoot, and Flip—examining their characteristics and investigating the opportunities they might offer to educators and learners alike. It also considered the broader implications of such environments for both teaching and research. In this chapter, the author revisits the same five environments, looking at how they have changed in the intervening years. She considers their evolution in relation to changes in the field more broadly (e.g., an increased focus on “programming for all”) and reflects on the implications for teaching, as well as research and further development.

Novice Programming Environments

2022 ◽  
pp. 94-126
Author(s):  
Judith Good
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
Programming Environments ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Teaching And Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Novice Programming ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Looking Glass

In 2011, the author published an article that looked at the state of the art in novice programming environments. At the time, there had been an increase in the number of programming environments that were freely available for use by novice programmers, particularly children and young people. What was interesting was that they offered a relatively sophisticated set of development and support features within motivating and engaging environments, where programming could be seen as a means to a creative end, rather than an end in itself. Furthermore, these environments incorporated support for the social and collaborative aspects of learning. The article considered five environments—Scratch, Alice, Looking Glass, Greenfoot, and Flip—examining their characteristics and investigating the opportunities they might offer to educators and learners alike. It also considered the broader implications of such environments for both teaching and research. In this chapter, the author revisits the same five environments, looking at how they have changed in the intervening years. She considers their evolution in relation to changes in the field more broadly (e.g., an increased focus on “programming for all”) and reflects on the implications for teaching, as well as research and further development.

scholarly journals Review of rehabilitation and habilitation strategies for children and young people with homonymous visual field loss caused by cerebral vision impairment

2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 197-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Waddington ◽  
Timothy Hodgson
Keyword(s):  
Visual Field ◽  
Young People ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Visual Field Loss ◽  
Paediatric Population ◽  
Children And Young People ◽  
Current State ◽  
New Research ◽  
New Strategies

Partial and homonymous visual field loss (HVFL) is a common consequence of post-chiasmatic injury to the primary visual pathway or injury to the primary visual cortex. Different approaches to rehabilitation have been reported for older adults with HVFL and there is evidence to support the use of compensatory training over other proposed therapies. We reviewed the literature to investigate the current state of the art of rehabilitation and habilitation strategies for children and young people with HVFL, and whether there is enough evidence to support the use of these strategies in the paediatric population. We have provided an overview of the existing literature on children and young people with HVFL, a brief overview of rehabilitation strategies for adults with HVFL, and evidence on whether these different interventions have been applied with children and young people effectively. We found that there have been very few studies to investigate these strategies with children and young people, and the quality of evidence is currently low. New research is required to evaluate which strategies are effective for children and young people with HVFL and whether new strategies need to be developed.

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