Algorithm --- Fundamental Concept in Preparing Informatics Teachers

  • Authors:
  • Ewa Kolczyk

  • Affiliations:
  • Institute of Computer Science, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland 51-151

  • Venue:
  • ISSEP '08 Proceedings of the 3rd international conference on Informatics in Secondary Schools - Evolution and Perspectives: Informatics Education - Supporting Computational Thinking
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The concept of the algorithm is fundamental within the computer science (informatics) domain. It is important to introduce it gradually in a spiral manner through all stages of education. Informatics teachers should be able to explain, to give examples and to help understanding the concept of algorithm at an elementary level. Therefore they need some ideas, tools, and didactic concepts to do it. The article presents some examples of tools and techniques, which the future informatics teachers should be familiar with. In teacher training we should deliver meaningful examples and carefully show the stages of building the intuition of the algorithm.