Possibilities Of Extension Of The Algorithmization And Programming Teaching At Primary Schools
Milan Klement · The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences · 2019
The teaching of algorithmization and programming is currently at the forefront of the interest of many professionals involved in the innovation of educational content within IT subjects. The view of the pupils as well as their acceptance of possible changes in the educational content towards a substantial extension of the teaching of algorithmization and programming, as envisaged in the Strategy of Digital Learning up to 2020, have also partially disappeared from this professional discussion. Although, of course, it is not only up to the pupils to determine the content and focus of the teaching, at the moment of preparation of the concept and content of the lesson thus designed, their views and preferences are among the unavoidable factors which can influence later results and benefits. For this reason, a research survey was conducted, using quantitative methods of exploration, focused on the issue of acceptance of possible changes in the educational content of IT subjects towards a substantial extension of the teaching of algorithmization and programming from the point of view of pupils of the 9th year of primary school. The research shows that algorithmization and programming are both attractive and interesting for the primary school pupils, the best known and most popular tool among the latter being Game Lab Code.