Share Paper: Bridging the Gap between Computational Thinking and the Integration of ICT into Classroom Teaching and Learning: A Barrier to be Addressed

  1. Takahisa Furuta, University of Gunma, Japan
  2. Gerald Knezek, University of North Texas, United States
  3. Rhonda Christensen, Institute for the Integration of Technology into Teaching and Learning, UNT, United States
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Abstract: In this paper, we present a study of the relations between different types of teachers’ anxieties and concerns toward teaching Computational Thinking (CT) as an integrated part of curriculum and integration of ICT into classroom teaching and learning. Twenty-nine (29) in-service teachers received a six-hour class of programming in Scratch and CT at a Japanese university. The participants responded to survey items which were taken from the teachers’ Will, Skill, and Pedagogy model (Knezek & Christensen, 2016; Christensen & Knezek, 2017.) The survey included additional items on anxieties and concerns regarding teaching programming, and we assessed the relations between the ...