Methodology for Developing Algorithmic Thinking in Pre-school Education

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Methodology for Developing Algorithmic Thinking in Pre-school Education

Original language description

Pre-school age is the most crucial and sensitive period in a child’s life, a period of their psychological development. It is at this age that a child’s personality develops. And people who, both consciously and unconsciously, participate in their educational process play an important role in a child’s formative years. Children at this age learn a lot on their own – by imitating, playing, exploring and simply by being curious. However, a tutor (a parent or a teacher) is still the one who should support and motivate children, helping them develop competencies they will need in school. Pre-school children learn a lot of new information, trying to develop key competencies such as learning, communication, civics, and problem-solving skills. Pre-school children see and understand the world differently than adults, they perceive facts in a specific way. That is why the teacher can help children develop the aforementioned competencies in a natural way. As far as developing the problemsolving competency is concerned, there are additional possibilities to do so. People face problems, which need to be solved quickly and effectively, every day (at work, in personal life). That is why the step-by-step approach to problem solving should be implemented into pre-school education. Therefore, it is extremely important to map children’s thought process when solving a problem (finding new and non-standard solutions) and expand these findings using appropriate methods. Dividing a problem into smaller parts; proceeding step by step, trying to find the most effective solution – all that helps develop algorithmic thinking. The development of abstract and logical thinking, spatial orientation and pre-mathematic concepts is equally important. Digital technology – from interactive whiteboards to tablets to robotic toys – can be a useful didactic aid. The toy is in general meaning an object that supports basic childhood needs or activity – game. Robotic toy - Bee Bot - is avery simple robot t

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50300 - Education

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2019

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on e-Learning ECEL 2019

ISBN

978-1-912764-41-9

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

200-206

Publisher name

ACPI

Place of publication

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Event location

Copenhagen

Event date

Nov 7, 2019

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

000539626900026