Browsing School of Education by Subject "Improving classroom teaching"
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The effects of a visual execution environment and makey makey on primary school children learning introductory programming concepts
(IEEE, 2020-12-01)The interest of children in learning to program computers has increased dramatically in recent years with the adaptation of new programming languages such as Scratch or game-based approaches. That being so, it is still ... -
Teacher agency and learner agency in teaching and learning a new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, in Ireland: Considerations for teacher education
(Elsevier, 2021-07-30)A new school subject, Leaving Certificate Computer Science, was introduced in September 2018 into Irish schools in a period of curriculum reform and change. Drawing on concepts of teacher agency and learner agency, and ...