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.
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.
Teaching informatics for fun and profit
C. Bellettini;V. Lonati;D. Malchiodi;M. Monga;A. MorpurgoPenultimo
;M. Torelli
2014
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.
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