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Scratch and unity design in elementary education: A study in initial teacher training

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dc.contributor.authorSáez López, José Manuel
dc.contributor.authorGonzález Calero, José Antonio
dc.contributor.authorCozar Gutierrez, Ramón
dc.contributor.authordel Olmo Muñoz, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-12T09:15:03Z
dc.date.available2024-09-12T09:15:03Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-23
dc.description.abstractBackground: The present study analyses the design of programming literacy in the sixth grade of Primary Education, starting from the use of simple activities with visual block-based programming, through Scratch, and progressively linking difficulty to the use of the Unity engine, and the C# language, with simple activities identical to those created in Scratch. Objectives: This research aims to evaluate future teachers' abilities and attitudes regarding programming and its educational possibilities. We intend to evaluate the viability of a teaching proposal that combines a visual block-based programming environment and a more advanced one, based on C#. Method: In the settings of two public Spanish universities, we analyse the possibilities in the training of future teachers who are studying for a degree in Primary Education Teaching and a degree in Pedagogy. Based on a test and three scales, descriptive data and statistical inference are detailed through a quasi-experimental design with a Student's t-test in the first dimension, and a Wilcoxon test in the second dimension. Results: The participants improved their performance and attitudes towards programming with the intervention of the study in the use of coding. Conclusions: It can be concluded that coding is essential in teacher training, and that a greater presence of programming training in higher education is essential. The benefits are visible in the pedagogical approach of coding related to creativity, innovation, motivation, an active approach and interest, highlighting the fact that the implementation of visual block-based programming by blocks and engines is feasible in Elementary Education. The training proposal—provided by appropriate progression, selection, and sequencing of content—fosters basic and practical teacher training, and this can be defined as an apt training solution.en
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dc.identifier.citationSáez-López, J. M., Gonzalez-Calero, J.A., Del Olmo, J. & Cozar, R. (2023). Scratch and unity design in elementary education: A study in initial teacher training. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 39 (5), 1528-1538 http://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12815
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1111/jcal.12815
dc.identifier.issn0266-4909; eISSN: 1365-2729
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/23719
dc.journal.issue5
dc.journal.titleJournal of Computer Assisted Learning
dc.journal.volume39
dc.language.isoes
dc.page.final1538
dc.page.initial1528
dc.publisherWiley
dc.relation.centerFacultades y escuelas::Facultad de Educación
dc.relation.departmentDidáctica, Organización Escolar y Didácticas Especiales
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://doi.org/10.21950/8QOV0H
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.licenseAtribución 4.0 Internacional
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject53 Ciencias Económicas::5312 Economía sectorial::5312.04 Educación
dc.subject.keywordseducational technologyen
dc.subject.keywordselementary educationen
dc.subject.keywordshigher educationen
dc.subject.keywordsprogrammingen
dc.subject.keywordsteaching and learning strategiesen
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