Informatics in schools : contributing to 21st century education ; 5th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2011, Bratislava, Slovakia, October 26-29, 2011 ; proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, ISSEP 2011, held in Bratislava, Slovakia, in October 2011. The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. A broad variety of topics related to teaching informatics in schools is addressed ranging from national experience reports to paedagogical and methodological issues. The papers are organized in topical sections on informatics education - the spectrum of options, national perspectives, outreach programmes, teacher education, informatics in primary schools, advanced concepts of informatics in schools, as well as competitions and exams. Front Matter....Pages - Wild Programming – One Unintended Experiment with Inquiry Based Learning....Pages 1-8 Informatics Education for New Millennium Learners....Pages 9-20 Why Teaching Informatics in Schools Is as Important as Teaching Mathematics and Natural Sciences....Pages 21-30 Informatics Education in Italian High Schools....Pages 31-42 A Competence-Oriented Approach to Basic Informatics Education in Austria....Pages 43-55 Outreach to Prospective Informatics Students....Pages 56-70 Overcoming Obstacles to CS Education by Using Non-programming Outreach Programmes....Pages 71-81 CS Unplugged Assisted by Digital Materials for Handicapped People at Schools....Pages 82-93 Computer Science in Primary Schools – Not Possible, But Necessary?!....Pages 94-105 Pre-service Computer Science Teacher Training within the Professional Development School (PDS) Collaboration Framework....Pages 106-116 Teaching Theoretical Informatics to Secondary School Informatics Teachers....Pages 117-128 Informatics in Primary School: Principles and Experience....Pages 129-142 Teaching Programming at Primary Schools: Visions, Experiences, and Long-Term Research Prospects....Pages 143-154 Learning Algorithmic Thinking with Tangible Objects Eases Transition to Computer Programming....Pages 155-164 Transfer, Cognitive Load, and Program Design Difficulties....Pages 165-176 Introductory Computing: The Design Discipline....Pages 177-188 A Short Introduction to Classical Cryptology as a Way to Motivate High School Students for Informatics....Pages 189-200 Little Beaver – A New Bebras Contest Category for Children Aged 8–9....Pages 201-212 What’s the Fun in Informatics? Working to Capture Children and Teachers into the Pleasure of Computing....Pages 213-224 Criteria for Writing Exams Which Reflect the K12 CS Foundations Study Material....Pages 225-235 Back Matter....Pages -