Informatics in schools : sustainable informatics education for pupils of all ages ; 6th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, Oldenburg, Germany, February 26 -- March 2, 2013 ; proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives, ISSEP 2013, held in Oldenburg, Germany, in February/March 2013. The 15 full papers included in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions; in addition the book contains two keynote talks in full-paper length. The contributions are organized in topical sections named: from computer usage to computational thinking; algorithmic and computational thinking; games; informatics in the context of other disciplines; and competence-based learning and retention of competencies. Front Matter....Pages - The Darmstadt Model: A First Step towards a Research Framework for Computer Science Education in Schools....Pages 1-14 Computer Science in Secondary Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers....Pages 15-30 Informatics in the French Secondary Curricula: Recent Moves and Perspectives....Pages 31-42 Informatics for All High School Students....Pages 43-56 Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Pattern Composition....Pages 57-67 Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Algorithmic Problems....Pages 68-79 Location-Based Games in Informatics Education....Pages 80-90 Using Computer Games as Programming Assignments for University Students and Secondary School Pupils....Pages 91-102 The Context-Based Approach IniK in Light of Situated and Constructive Learning Theories....Pages 103-114 “Archaeology of Information” in the Primary School....Pages 115-126 The Contribution of Computer Science to Learning Computational Physics....Pages 127-137 Computer Modeling with Delphi....Pages 138-146 Learning Fields in Vocational IT Education – How Teachers Interpret the Concept....Pages 147-158 Competence Measurement and Informatics Standards in Secondary Education....Pages 159-170 On Competence-Based Learning and Neuroscience....Pages 171-183 Categorization of Pictures in Tasks of the Bebras Contest....Pages 184-195 Research-Based Learning Revisited: On Using a Delphi Process in Informatics Teacher Education....Pages 196-208 Back Matter....Pages - The Darmstadt Model: A First Step towards a Research Framework for Computer Science Education in Schools Computer Science in Secondary Schools in the UK: Ways to Empower Teachers From Computer Usage to Computational Thinking Informatics in the French Secondary Curricula: Recent Moves and Perspectives Informatics for All High School Students: A Computational Thinking Approach Novice Difficulties with Interleaved Pattern Composition Blind Pupils Begin to Solve Algorithmic Problems Location-Based Games in Informatics Education Using Computer Games as Programming Assignments for University Students and Secondary School Pupils Informatics in the Context of Other Disciplines The Context-Based Approach IniK in Light of Situated and Constructive Learning Theories “Archaeology of Information” in the Primary School The Contribution of Computer Science to Learning Computational Physics Computer Modeling with Delphi: Constructionism and IBL in Practice and Motivation for Studying STEM Learning Fields in Vocational IT Education – How Teachers Interpret the Concept Competence Measurement and Informatics Standards in Secondary Education On Competence-Based Learning and Neuroscience Categorization of Pictures in Tasks of the Bebras Contest Research-Based Learning Revisited: On Using a Delphi Process in Informatics Teacher Education.