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Impact of a Training Program on Developing Computational Thinking in Pre-Service Primary School Teachers: From Theory to Practice

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Rita Neves
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Cecília
dc.contributor.authorBrito-Costa, Sónia
dc.contributor.authorAbbasi, Maryam
dc.contributor.authorMartins, Fernando Manuel Lourenço
dc.date.accessioned2026-05-12T15:56:06Z
dc.date.available2026-05-12T15:56:06Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractBackground/purpose. The Computational Thinking ability has become a fundamental skill in the 21st century and has been integrated into educational curricula in various countries. For this curricular integration to be effective, it is essential that teachers are prepared to incorporate the development of this competency into their practices. In this context, this study aims to analyze whether a training program implemented over an extended period, encompassing theoretical, practical, and reflective components, has influenced pre-service teachers' perceptions of the competencies of Creativity, Algorithmic Thinking, Cooperativity, Critical Thinking, and Problem-Solving within Computational Thinking. Materials/methods. This is a mixed-methods study, using both quantitative and qualitative methods to analyze the perception of the Computational Thinking competence levels of 38 pre-service primary school teachers, who constitute the sample of this study, before and after the implementation of a 9-month training program. Results. The study results revealed statistically significant differences in all the competencies analyzed from the Pre-Intervention to the Post-Intervention phases. The data collected during the intervention highlight the specific moments within the training program that contributed to the development of each competency. Conclusion. It is concluded that the training program significantly contributed to changing the pre-service teachers' perceptions of the five Computational Thinking competencies analyzed. This highlights the importance of incorporating training programs into Initial Teacher Training, especially those that integrate theory and practice, fostering the development of essential competencies for the teaching practices of pre-service teachers.eng
dc.description.sponsorshipMaryam Abbasithanks the national funding by FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., through theinstitutional scientific employment program contract (CEECINST/00077/2021).
dc.identifier.citationRodrigues, R. N., Costa, C.,Brito-Costa, S., Abbasi, M., & Martins, F.(2025). Impact of a Training Program onDeveloping Computational Thinking in Pre-Service Primary School Teachers: FromTheory to Practice. Educational Process:International Journal, 14, e2025037.https://doi.org/10.22521/edupij.2025.14.37
dc.identifier.doi10.22521/edupij.2025.14.37
dc.identifier.issn2564-8020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/63095
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherUniversitepark
dc.relationUIDB/50008/2020
dc.relationUIDB/05198/2020
dc.relationUIDB/00194/2020
dc.relation2022.09720.BD
dc.relation.ispartofEducational Process International Journal
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectComputational thinking competencies
dc.subjectinitial teacher training
dc.subjectteacher training program
dc.subjectprimary school
dc.subjectmixed-methods study
dc.titleImpact of a Training Program on Developing Computational Thinking in Pre-Service Primary School Teachers: From Theory to Practiceeng
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.titleEducational Process:International Journal
oaire.citation.volume14
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85
person.familyNameMartins
person.givenNameFernando Manuel Lourenço
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-1812-2300
person.identifier.ridAAK-6934-2020
person.identifier.scopus-author-id57217191490
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