Paper Info
Title
Perspectives and Visions of Computer Science Education in Primary and Secondary (K-12) Schools
Abstract
In view of the recent developments in many countries, for example, in the USA and in the UK, it appears that computer science education (CSE) in primary or secondary schools (K-12) has reached a significant turning point, shifting its focus from ICT-oriented to rigorous computer science concepts. The goal of this special issue is to offer a publication platform for soundly based in-depth experiences that have been made around the world with concepts, approaches, or initiatives that aim at supporting this shift. For this purpose, the article format was kept as large as possible, enabling the authors to explain many facets of their concepts and experiences in detail. Regarding the structure of the articles, we had encouraged the authors to lean on the Darmstadt Model, a category system that was developed to support the development, improvement, and investigation of K-12 CSE across regional or national boundaries. This model could serve as a unifying framework that might provide a proper structure for a well-founded critical discussion about the future of K-12 CSE. Curriculum designers or policy stakeholders, who have to decide, which approach an upcoming national initiative should follow, could benefit from this discussion as well as researchers who are investigating K12 CSE in any regard. With this goal in mind, we have selected six extensive and two short case studies from the UK, New Zealand, USA/Israel, France, Sweden, Georgia (USA), Russia, and Italy that provide an in-depth analysis of K-12 CSE in their respective country or state.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1145/2602482
TOCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
schools,k-12 education,curricula,human factors,cs education,computer science education
Engineering ethics,Sociology,Vision,Curriculum,Pedagogy
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
14
2
1946-6226
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.81
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Peter Hubwieser138464.53
michal armoni235842.65
Michail N. Giannakos358688.22
Roland T. Mittermeir4130.81