[Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts

[Stephen Richards]

Paul,

On behalf of those of us who choose not to use Microsoft email  
products,  can you repost the paper you mentioned in a more  
accessible format.  It arrived on my machine as a .dat file which I  
can't open in any meaningful way - Word just gives me 45 pages of  
gibberish.

The website you directed us to was interesting - I've only skimmed it  
so far but it sounds similar to, or is a variant of, the  
constructivist approach we have been hearing about for the last 6 or  
7 years.  i.e. that children learn by constructing meaning from their  
experiences.

I look forward to reading your paper.

Steve Richards


On 30/04/2006, at 8:32 PM, Dr Paul Chandler wrote:

> Hi ... nice to hear from you ...
>
> Here's some more details ... info about children's science  
> summarised on: http://www.educ.sfu.ca/narstsite/publications/ 
> research/concept.htm
>
> A briefing paper that I have recently written about what I am  
> thinking about is attached.  I'd be interested in your thoughts.
>
> I'll be in touch further!
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: primaryit-bounces at edulists.com.au on behalf of Rachelle McLean
> Sent: Sun 4/30/2006 5:57 PM
> To: Primary Teachers' Information Technology Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Primaryit] How students understand computing concepts
>
> Hi Paul,
>
> You have sparked my interest!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rachelle McLean
> Multimedia Teacher
> Pakenham Hills Primary School
>
> Dr Paul Chandler wrote:
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Over the last couple of years, I've been turning an idea around in my
>> mind; it's basically seeking to better understand "how students
>> understand computing concepts".  For those who might know of
>> "children's science" in the area of science teaching, the idea is to
>> apply the same sorts of ideas to the understanding of computing
>> concepts (and yes, I am deliberately using 'computing' rather than IT
>> or ICT).  Another way to put it would be to 'probe the naïve
>> understandings of computing'.
>>
>> I've put together some thoughts in a couple of seminars - a couple of
>> years ago at a VITTA conference, and more recently at a gathering at
>> Monash Uni.  I'm happy to share these around to anyone interested.
>>
>> Moreover, I'm trying to drum up a bit of interest in people who might
>> be interested in similar sorts of things.  Without flooding the list
>> with a whole lot of material which may not be of interest to  
>> everyone,
>> it's not easy to give much more of an overview of what I am thinking
>> of.  BUT if I have sparked your interest at all, please reply, and
>> I'll be in touch.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
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