Discourses of Programming Teaching within Compulsory Education

Susanne Engström; Eva Björkholm

Jump to Content

Chapter 9 Discourses of Programming Teaching within Compulsory Education

In: Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education

Authors:

Susanne Engström

Susanne Engström
Search for other papers by Susanne Engström in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

and

Eva Björkholm

Eva Björkholm
Search for other papers by Eva Björkholm in
Current site
Google Scholar
PubMed

Type:: Chapter

Pages:: 196–212

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004687912_009

Purchase instant access (PDF download and unlimited online access):

€42.00€35.00 excl. VAT

Add to Cart

Redeem Access Token

Abstract

Knowledge linked to programming has been extensively strengthened in curricula and syllabi in Swedish compulsory school, mainly regarding the subjects of mathematics and technology. The introduction of this content requires that technology teachers be trained in programming and how to teach it. In this chapter, we present an observation study of a professional development course for practicing teachers in compulsory education, focusing on introductory programming. The whole professional development course context, including the teachers’ teaching practices and presentations of classroom projects, is explored as a discourse with the aim of finding governance steering strategies, normative values and knowledge content. The analysis shows that norms and values from the programming discourse within this professional development course become more important than the participating teachers´ professional view on how classroom teaching should be conducted. The code-content knowledge is taken for granted, but the artifacts tend to take away the focus from the specific code-content. A gender perspective is also highlighted, where coding is regarded as suitable for the stereotypical image of a female student. The overall aim seems to be that the students should find programming fun and interesting.

Citation Info

Save
Cite
Email this content

Share link with colleague or librarian

You can email a link to this page to a colleague or librarian:
Email this content
or copy the link directly:

https://brill.edhh.ma/abstract/book/9789004687912/BP000020.xml
The link was not copied. Your current browser may not support copying via this button.

Link copied successfully

Collapse
Expand

Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education

Swedish and International Perspectives

Series: International Technology Education Studies, Volume: 20

Cover Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004687912

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 03 Oct 2023

Subjects
- Education

Front Matter

Back Matter

Metrics

	All Time	Past 365 days	Past 30 Days
Abstract Views	900	353	51
Full Text Views	11	4	0
PDF Views & Downloads	7	2	0

African Studies	Education	Media Studies
American Studies	History	Middle East and Islamic Studies
Ancient Near East and Egypt	Human Rights and Humanitarian Law	Musicology
Art History	International Law	Philosophy
Asian Studies	International Relations	Religious Studies
Biblical Studies	Jewish Studies	Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Biology	Languages and Linguistics	Social Sciences
Book History and Cartography	Life Sciences	Theology and World Christianity
Classical Studies	Literature and Cultural Studies

Subjects

Authors

Open Access

Product Information

Company

Contact

Chapter 9 Discourses of Programming Teaching within Compulsory Education

Abstract

Citation Info

Share link with colleague or librarian

Programming and Computational Thinking in Technology Education

Swedish and International Perspectives

Table of Contents

Metrics

Metrics