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Embodied responsive teaching for supporting computational thinking in early childhood

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Tangible programming toys support body syntonicity, where children use knowledge of their own bodies to solve problems computationally. However, we currently know little about how teachers can support these embodied computational learning processes. In this study, we examine how teachers are responsive to and support preschoolers' embodied engagement in three computational thinking practices: problem decomposition, debugging, and abstraction. Through interaction analysis, we show how teachers re-“voice” embodied proposals by purposefully taking up and transforming preschoolers' body syntonic problem solving efforts to focus, recontextualize, and decontextualize them. Implications for the embodied teaching and learning of computational thinking with tangible programming toys are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All
Subtitle of host publicationOverarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
EditorsClark Chinn, Edna Tan, Carol Chan, Yael Kali
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages855-862
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330653
StatePublished - 2022
Event16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022 - Virtual, Online, Japan
Duration: Jun 6 2022Jun 10 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS

Conference

Conference16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022
Country/TerritoryJapan
CityVirtual, Online
Period06/6/2206/10/22

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