Publication Date:
2014
Citation:
Teaching informatics for fun and profit / C. Bellettini, V. Lonati, D. Malchiodi, M. Monga, A. Morpurgo, M. Torelli - In: Science education and guidance in schools: the way forward : proceedings of the international workshop, 21-22 october 2013
Auditorium Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy / [a cura di] A. Raschi, A. Di Fabio, L. Sebastiani. - Pisa : Edizioni ETS, 2014. - ISBN 9788890346927. - pp. 125-128 (( convegno Science Education and Guidance in Schools: The Way Forward tenutosi a Firenze nel 2013.
abstract:
Informatics is often misrepresented as the ability to use computer applications. Instead,
it is a full-fledged scientific discipline with its peculiarities and methodology. We believe that
a proper introduction to the basic concepts of informatics such as information representation,
algorithms, formal languages, and programming can have a positive impact on the effectiveness
of secondary education, thus we started designing and implementing special teaching activities
to introduce pupils to informatics through a mix of tangible and abstract object manipulations.
it is a full-fledged scientific discipline with its peculiarities and methodology. We believe that
a proper introduction to the basic concepts of informatics such as information representation,
algorithms, formal languages, and programming can have a positive impact on the effectiveness
of secondary education, thus we started designing and implementing special teaching activities
to introduce pupils to informatics through a mix of tangible and abstract object manipulations.
IRIS type:
03 - Contributo in volume
Keywords:
computer science education
List of contributors:
C. Bellettini, V. Lonati, D. Malchiodi, M. Monga, A. Morpurgo, M. Torelli
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Book title:
Science education and guidance in schools: the way forward : proceedings of the international workshop, 21-22 october 2013
Auditorium Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy
Auditorium Sant’Apollonia, Florence, Italy