Robotics or coding? The concept of computational thinking in pre-service teachers

Abstract

Computational Thinking, through robotics or coding experiences, is being included in the school curriculum around the world. It is considered one of the necessary skills for surviving in the 21st century. However, teachers have often not been trained to teach Computational Thinking at school and do not even know exactly what it is. Therefore, we try to understand the concept of Computational Thinking by teachers in training through a mixed methodology, which allows us to detect important knowledge and errors in relation to this concept. However, on the other hand, good initial attitudes toward Computational Thinking are diagnosed, which can allow the specific training received in this field to be transferable to future contexts of teaching practice.