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Teacher Education Faculty's Perceptions about Computational Thinking Integration for Pre-Service Education

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العنوان: Teacher Education Faculty's Perceptions about Computational Thinking Integration for Pre-Service Education
المؤلفون: Ceren Ocak, Aman Yadav, Sara Vogel, Aankit Patel
المصدر: Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 2023 31(3):299-349.
الإتاحة: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. P.O. Box 719, Waynesville, NC 28786. Tel: 828-246-9558; Fax: 828-246-9557; e-mail: info@aace.org; Web site: http://www.aace.org
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 51
تاريخ النشر: 2023
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: College Faculty
Teacher Educators
Computation
Thinking Skills
Preservice Teacher Education
Universities
Faculty Development
Teaching Methods
Teacher Attitudes
مصطلحات جغرافية: United States
تدمد: 1059-7069
1943-5924
مستخلص: This paper explores teacher educators' perceptions and overarching approaches to discipline-specific computational thinking (CT) integration in pre-service teacher education courses. To that end, we collaborated with 31 teacher educators from various teaching backgrounds in a university system in the Northeastern United States. As part of the first phase of a year-long professional development, the faculty attended a series of virtual meetings and an asynchronous virtual classroom, working towards integrating CT into their current teaching practices. In this study, we report the findings from the analysis of pre-and post-professional development surveys. The paired sample t-test results suggested a significant difference in teacher educators' CT confidence and ability for CT integration between the pre-and post-PD phases. Qualitative analysis of the open-ended responses indicated changes in teacher educators' conceptions of CT and its role in preparing future teachers. In the post-PD survey, teacher education faculty overwhelmingly framed CT as a new literacy, a form of knowledge that facilitates teaching and learning in technology-enhanced environments, and a cross-cutting concept. Teacher educators also regarded CT as a metacognitive pedagogical skill that could support pre-service teachers' abilities in pedagogy and practice by enabling them to monitor and modify their own teaching practice. We discuss these emergent themes, focusing on the novel and recurring aspects of teacher educators' perceptions and approaches to CT, such as viewing CT as a transdisciplinary metacognitive pedagogical skill and a new literacy practice.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2024
URL الوصول: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/222684/
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1408896
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC