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Christine Wusylko; Zhen Xu; Kara M. Dawson; Pavlo D. Antonenko; Do Hyong Koh; Minyoung Lee; Amber E. Benedict; Swarup Bhunia – Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 2024
This article describes the use of a comic book to anchor a cryptology and cybersecurity curriculum for upper elementary students. Perceptions about the comic book from 138 students across 11 afterschool programs were examined using survey, classroom observation, and interviews. Data analysis revealed that the comic book created a…
Descriptors: Technology, Computer Security, Information Security, Cartoons
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Christine Wusylko; Kara Dawson; Pavlo Antonenko; Zhen Xu – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2024
Cybersecurity educational efforts are urgently needed to introduce young people to the profession and give students and teachers cybersecurity knowledge to protect themselves from increasing cybercrime. In this study, 56 elementary preservice teachers participated in a 3-hour intervention within a technology integration course that introduced them…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Technology, Preservice Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers
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Evmorfia-Iro Bartzia; Michael Lodi; Marco Sbaraglia; Simon Modeste; Viviane Durand-Guerrier; Simone Martini – Informatics in Education, 2024
In this paper, we present an activity to introduce the idea of public-key cryptography and to make pre-service STEM teachers explore fundamental informatics and mathematical concepts and methods. We follow the Theory of Didactical Situations within the Didactical Engineering methodology (both widely used in mathematics education research) to…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, Mathematics Education, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods