scholarly journals The Contribution of Educational Robotics and Constructivist Approach to Computational Thinking in the 21st Century

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Istikomah Istikomah ◽  
Cucuk Budiyanto
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Educational Robotics ◽  
Constructivist Approach

Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen K. Reed
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Cognitive Skills ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
World Economic Forum ◽  
Action Categorization ◽  
Visuospatial Reasoning ◽  
The World ◽  
Imperfect Knowledge ◽  
World Economic ◽  
Knowledge Strategies

Cognitive Skills You Need for the 21st Century begins with the Future of Jobs Report 2018 of the World Economic Forum that describes trending skills through the year 2022. To assist with the development of these skills, the book describes techniques that should benefit everyone. The 20 chapters occupy 6 sections on acquiring knowledge (comprehension, action, categorization, abstraction), organizing knowledge (matrices, networks, hierarchies), reasoning (visuospatial reasoning, imperfect knowledge, strategies), problem-solving (problems, design, dynamics), artificial intelligence (data sciences, explainable AI, information sciences, general AI), and education (complex systems, computational thinking, continuing education). Classical research, recent research, personal anecdotes, and a few exercises provide a broad introduction to this critical topic.

scholarly journals A Revaluation of Computational Thinking in K–12 Education: Moving Toward Computational Literacies

2021 ◽  
pp. 0013189X2110579
Author(s):  
Yasmin B. Kafai ◽  
Chris Proctor
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Creative Expression ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Computing Education ◽  
The Past ◽  
College And Career ◽  
The World ◽  
K 12

Over the past decade, initiatives around the world have introduced computing into K–12 education under the umbrella of computational thinking. While initial implementations focused on skills and knowledge for college and career readiness, more recent framings include situated computational thinking (identity, participation, creative expression) and critical computational thinking (political and ethical impacts of computing, justice). This expansion reflects a revaluation of what it means for learners to be computationally-literate in the 21st century. We review the current landscape of K–12 computing education, discuss interactions between different framings of computational thinking, and consider how an encompassing framework of computational literacies clarifies the importance of computing for broader K–12 educational priorities as well as key unresolved issues.

Educational Robotics for Creating Effective Computer Science Learning for All

2021 ◽  
pp. 44-69
Author(s):  
Amy Eguchi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Underrepresented Minorities ◽  
Educational Robotics ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Real Picture ◽  
K 12

President Obama's initiative, “computer science for all,” has been a rallying slogan for promoting computer science in K-12 education. Although the participation of people of color in computer science (CS) has increased in the past several years, it is still drastically low and does not reflect the real picture of our society. This chapter explores how educational robotics as a learning tool can inspire underrepresented minorities including females and students of color to become interested in CS. Supported by Papert's constructionism theory, educational robotics effectively facilitates students' learning of various concepts in CS and STEM. Educational robotics is a learning tool which inspires students' interest in learning. It provides a learning environment that promotes students' learning of various CS concepts and computational thinking skills. Although robots naturally spark students' interests, to make it most effective, teachers are required effortfully to create learning opportunities that are authentic and meaningful for individual students.

The Use of 3D Technologies to Support Computational Thinking in STEM Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 425-459
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Angelopoulos ◽  
Alexandros Balatsoukas ◽  
Adina Nistor
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
School Level ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
New Strategies

Computational thinking (CT) is increasingly emerging as a thinking skill to support the development of 21st century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, or technology literacy, essential for students to become successful in an increasingly complex society. Educators are always looking for new strategies for developing these skills in students. Three-dimensional (3D) printing and scanning technologies are sufficiently mature and economically accessible to be used at the school level. By using 3D technologies, students explore, invent, discover, and engage in real problems and situations. This study explores the use of 3D printing technologies in a secondary school in Athens over the course of two school years. The study investigates if 3D technologies can support the development of CT skills in students.

The Use of 3D Technologies to Support Computational Thinking in STEM Education

2022 ◽  
pp. 573-608
Author(s):  
Panagiotis Angelopoulos ◽  
Alexandros Balatsoukas ◽  
Adina Nistor
Keyword(s):  
Critical Thinking ◽  
3D Printing ◽  
Secondary School ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
School Level ◽  
Technology Literacy ◽  
Thinking Skill ◽  
New Strategies

Computational thinking (CT) is increasingly emerging as a thinking skill to support the development of 21st century skills such as critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, or technology literacy, essential for students to become successful in an increasingly complex society. Educators are always looking for new strategies for developing these skills in students. Three-dimensional (3D) printing and scanning technologies are sufficiently mature and economically accessible to be used at the school level. By using 3D technologies, students explore, invent, discover, and engage in real problems and situations. This study explores the use of 3D printing technologies in a secondary school in Athens over the course of two school years. The study investigates if 3D technologies can support the development of CT skills in students.

Educational Robotics for Creating Effective Computer Science Learning for All

2022 ◽  
pp. 756-781
Author(s):  
Amy Eguchi
Keyword(s):  
Computer Science ◽  
Effective Teachers ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Thinking Skills ◽  
People Of Color ◽  
Underrepresented Minorities ◽  
Educational Robotics ◽  
Learning Tool ◽  
Real Picture ◽  
K 12

President Obama's initiative, “computer science for all,” has been a rallying slogan for promoting computer science in K-12 education. Although the participation of people of color in computer science (CS) has increased in the past several years, it is still drastically low and does not reflect the real picture of our society. This chapter explores how educational robotics as a learning tool can inspire underrepresented minorities including females and students of color to become interested in CS. Supported by Papert's constructionism theory, educational robotics effectively facilitates students' learning of various concepts in CS and STEM. Educational robotics is a learning tool which inspires students' interest in learning. It provides a learning environment that promotes students' learning of various CS concepts and computational thinking skills. Although robots naturally spark students' interests, to make it most effective, teachers are required effortfully to create learning opportunities that are authentic and meaningful for individual students.

From Computational Thinking to Computational Doing

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Marina Umaschi Bers
Keyword(s):  
Early Childhood ◽  
Early Childhood Education ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Computer Programming ◽  
Computational Thinking ◽  
Future Generations ◽  
Broad Definition ◽  
Childhood Education ◽  
Computational Literacy

Computer programming is becoming an essential skill in the 21st century, and in order to best prepare future generations, the promotion of computational thinking and literacy must begin in early childhood education. Computational thinking can be defined in many ways. The broad definition offered in this chapter is that computational thinking practices refer to techniques applied by humans to express themselves by designing and constructing computation. This chapter claims that one of the fundamental ways in which computational thinking can be supported and augmented is by providing children with opportunities to code and to create their own interactive computational media. Thus, computational literacy will allow children to become producers and not only consumers of digital artifacts and systems.

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