Problem Based Learning: A Facilitator of Computational Thinking
Tanja Svarre Jonasen, Sandra Burri Gram-Hansen · 2019
This paper explores and analyses the potential of Problem Based Learning (PBL) as a pedagogical framework for Computational Thinking (CT) in educations.CT skills are increasingly recognized as a necessity to all lines of study, as they not only facilitate digital proficiency, but potentially also a sense of computational empowerment and an ability to take a critical and constructive approach to applying computers when solving complex problems.The distinct focus on higher education is routed in theoretical as well as empirically based challenges, as this particular group of learners for the vast majority have started their education in a mainly analogue learning setting, yet now face employments with a much stronger demand for digital competences.With this paper, we aim to highlight the immediate benefits of PBL as a means to develop CT-skills as part of a higher education.