Syllabus
1. Introduction into a concept of computational thinking.2. Informatics in the primary school curriculum in the Czech Republic and some other countries.3. Examples of teaching approaches to computational thinking development without computers (CSUnplugged).4. Examples of teaching approaches to computational thinking development using robotic kits and programmable e-toys.5. The main representative of LOGO culture community.6. Examples of teaching approaches to computational thinking development using software applications.7. Analysis of textbooks focused on computational thinking development at primary schools.8. Educational Resources focused on pupil's computational thinking development.9. The risks of using digital technologies in the development of younger school children.
Annotation
The mission of the subject “Digital technologies in primary education” is to explain the educational importance of the concept of computational thinking, to draw attention to the current need to shape and develop computational thinking of pupils of the primary education and to acquaint primary education teachers with selected teaching approaches aimed at developing the computational thinking and undrestanding based concept of Informatics. Attention will be paid especially to didactic issues of development of algorithmic thinking of pupils in the context of the development of reading literacy and skills to break down the problem into sub-problems.
We will draw inspiration not only from a database of Bebras tasks but also from ideas S. Papert, I.
Kalaš, M. Resnick, M.
Tomscányiová, A. Semenov and other representatives of the so-called logological culture.
Attention will also be paid to some risks of using digital technologies in the development of children of younger school age.