Coding in early childhood, a new educational perspective. Research on the potential of computational thinking for 4-year-olds
Federica Pelizzari, Michele Marangi, Pier Cesare Rivoltella
The data, collected through quantitative and qualitative tools in a pre-intervention questionnaire proposed to educators and through an observation checklist given to children, recorded, on the educators’ part, some trepidation in using Coding with four-year-old children; this is clearly in contrast with the subsequent results of the post-intervention questionnaire, in which we see that appreciation for Coding increased. It seems, therefore, that the concrete experience of the workshops demystified the perception of Coding as a possible tool for creative teaching work.
Keywords
Coding, preschool, educational robotics, innovative didactics, workshop.