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Getting Unstuck Together: Creating Personally Authentic Programming Projects in a 4th Grade Classroom
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Paulina Haduong; Karen Brennan – Computer Science Education, 2025
Background and Context: Learning to create self-directed and personally authentic programming projects involves encountering challenges and learning to get unstuck. Objective: This article investigates how one U.S. fourth-grade classroom engaged in practices which emphasized community supports, in the context of the classroom's implementation and…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Computer Science Education, Instructional Design, Programming
Pedagogical Framework for Cultivating Children's Data Agency and Creative Abilities in the Age of AI
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Juho Kahila; Henriikka Vartiainen; Matti Tedre; Eetu Arkko; Anssi Lin; Nicolas Pope; Ilkka Jormanainen; Teemu Valtonen – Informatics in Education, 2024
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) topics into K-12 school curricula is a relatively new but crucial challenge faced by education systems worldwide. Attempts to address this challenge are hindered by a serious lack of curriculum materials and tools to aid teachers in teaching AI. This article introduces the theoretical foundations and…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Data, Children, Creativity
Youths' Relationship with Culture: Tracing Sixth Graders' Learning through Designing Culturally Centred Multimedia Projects
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Lili Yan; Breanne K. Litts; Melissa Tehee; Stuart Baggaley; Jennifer Jenkins – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2025
Although education is framed as a future-oriented enterprise, we often fail to serve the diverse futurities of youth, particularly in formal learning environments. The cultural norms of formal learning environments are rooted in dominant ways of being and knowing and this shapes how learning environments and learning technologies can be designed.…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Cultural Awareness, Multimedia Materials, Design
Developing Research-Based Instructional Materials to Support Large-Scale Transformation of Science Teaching and Learning: The Approach of the OpenSciEd Middle School Program
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Edelson, Daniel C.; Reiser, Brian J.; McNeill, Katherine L.; Mohan, Audrey; Novak, Michael; Mohan, Lindsey; Affolter, Renee; McGill, Tara A. W.; Buck Bracey, Zoë E.; Deutch Noll, Jamie; Kowalski, Susan M.; Novak, Dawn; Lo, Abraham S.; Landel, Carolyn; Krumm, Andrew; Penuel, William R.; Van Horne, Katie; González-Howard, María; Suárez, Enrique – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2021
OpenSciEd is an ambitious effort to implement the vision of the "Framework for K-12 Science Education" and the "Next Generation Science Standards" broadly across the United States. The premise of OpenSciEd is that high quality instructional materials can play a critical role in transforming science teaching and learning at a…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Evidence Based Practice, Instructional Materials, Educational Change
Culturally Relevant Constructionist Design: Exploring the Role of Community in Identity Development
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Thanapornsangsuth, Sawaros; Holbert, Nathan – Information and Learning Sciences, 2020
Purpose: Many initiatives seek to engage children in maker education. However, there is a paucity of research examining children's engagement in making in low-income formal school settings. Likewise, little work has been done to explore the transformative perspectives of both the children and the people around them. This study aims to explore a…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Curriculum Design, Shared Resources and Services, Elementary School Students