Introdução de Conceitos de Programação de Computadores nos Cursos de Formação de Professores do II Ciclo do Ensino Secundário Com O Scratch

Abstract

Among the educational trends for the 21st century, the introduction of computer programming concepts in Basic Education is increasing. Reference countries in school innovation such as Finland, Australia and Estonia have introduced the practice of programming in their curricular bases, ensuring that new generations are literate in the digital universe. In this sense, for this work we investigated the way or method of introducing computer programming concepts in the Secondary School of Lubango, with the aim of identifying and developing a proposal for teaching computer programming contributing to the teaching and learning process in the use of information and communication technologies, thus helping the students to develop their logical thinking. The methodology adopted was action research which facilitated the development of situational awareness about the lack of computer programming concepts at this level. In the theoretical foundation, we briefly address teaching, learning, algorithm, programming and its importance in education. The results of the study showed us that the practice of programming will certainly be a way to understand and develop computational thinking, however there is an urgent need to introduce the concepts of programming in the Secondary School of Lubango. In short, in order for the proposal to materialize smoothly, the syllabus of the computer science subject given in the first year of secondary education must be reviewed and followed in the second year with the introduction of computer programming concepts.