Inquiry-Based Learning for Teaching Computer Science in Elementary Schools

Evaluation of a Research Seminar for Students and Teachers Using the Example “Languages and Automata”

Authors

  • Nico Schreiber Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0868-561X
  • Alexander Best Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Institut für Informatik https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3374-8328
  • Anna Windt Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts
  • Marco Thomas Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Institut für Didaktik der Mathematik und der Informatik

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-4887

Keywords:

General Studies, Computer Science, Inquiry-based Learning, Languages, Automata

Abstract

Computer science education is becoming increasingly relevant at the primary education level. In order to be able to plan and conduct lessons in this field, qualified teachers are needed who have content knowledge and pedagogical content knowledge in computer science. However, both the training of prospective teachers and the further education offered in all phases of teacher training are still inadequate. The research seminar described below, which was jointly developed by educators from the didactics of computer science and the didactics of general studies, addresses this advanced training desideratum. The central principle of the research seminar was inquiry-based learning, which was applied throughout in or-der to professionalize (prospective) teachers on the topic of “informatics education”. In this paper, the aims, the concept, and its design as well as the implementation and evaluation of the research seminar with 14 learners are presented.

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Published

2022-10-18

How to Cite

Schreiber, N., Best, A., Windt, A., & Thomas, M. (2022). Inquiry-Based Learning for Teaching Computer Science in Elementary Schools: Evaluation of a Research Seminar for Students and Teachers Using the Example “Languages and Automata”. HLZ – Herausforderung Lehrer*innenbildung, 5(1), 317–336. https://doi.org/10.11576/hlz-4887