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Abstract Title: Challenges of preparing secondary STEM pre-service teachers in computational thinking
Abstract Type: Contributed Poster Presentation
Abstract: Computational thinking (CT), the thought processes used in solving computational problems, has been added to the educational standards in many countries around the world. However, this new content presents challenges around preparing teachers to integrate computational thinking robustly into the STEM disciplines. In this proceedings, we conduct a preliminary investigation of the challenges of secondary pre-service teachers to integrate computation into their disciplinary teaching. I present data from interviews with three pre-service secondary subject teachers in the [blinded program] at [blinded university] to highlight two challenges of pre-service teacher (PST) preparation: first, (1) the computation learned in upper division subject courses does not directly translate to the computational thinking that they will be teaching their future students; and (2) in their pedagogy courses, they learn about computational thinking but are not able to translate it into their practice of teaching. We consider the implications of and solutions for these challenges on pre-service teacher preparation.
Session Time: Poster Session 3
Poster Number: III-38
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Author/Organizer Information

Primary Contact: Hannah Christine Sabo
Center for Computing in Science Education, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway
Oslo, Non U.S. 0872
Phone: +1(424) 375-1474
Co-Author(s)
and Co-Presenter(s)
Tone Fredsvik Gregers, Center for Teaching and Learning in Science, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo
Tor Ole B. Odden, Center for Computing in Science Education, Department of Physics, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway

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