Computing at School in Sweden - Experiences from Introducing Computer Science within Existing Subjects

Fredrik Heintz, Linda Mannila, Karin Nygårds, Parnes Parnes, Björn Regnell

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Abstract

Computing is no longer considered a subject area only relevant for a narrow group of professionals, but rather as a vital part of general education that should be available to all children and youth. Since making changes to national curricula takes time, people are trying to find other ways of introducing children and youth to computing. In Sweden, several current initiatives by researchers and teachers aim at finding ways of working with computing within the current curriculum. In this paper we present case studies based on a selection of these initiatives from four major regions in Sweden and based on these case studies we present our ideas for how to move forward on introducing computational thinking on a larger scale in Swedish education.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformatics in Schools. Curricula, Competences, and Competitions /Lecture Notes in Computer Science and General Issues
EditorsAndrzej Brodnik, Jan Vahrenhold
PublisherSpringer
Pages118-130
Number of pages13
Volume9378
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-25395-4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event8th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 2015 Sept 282015 Oct 1

Publication series

Name
Volume9378
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityLjubljana
Period2015/09/282015/10/01

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Didactics (including General and Subject Didactics)
  • Software Engineering
  • Computer Sciences

Free keywords

  • computer science
  • software engineering
  • engineering education
  • engineering didactic
  • computing in school

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