Aproximación a una definición de pensamiento computacional

Abstract

El norte de este trabajo implica hacer eco sobre un término que se ha popularizado a lo largo de los años y cuyos orígenes tuvieron lugar desde la perspectiva técnica de las ciencias informáticas, para la automatización de información o la producción de sistemas, pero que hoy en día, se difunde por muchos profesionales de otras áreas y grupos interesados en comprender y adoptar un método diferente para pensar y asumir situaciones de vida, un concepto llamado pensamiento computacional. Esta investigación persigue el objetivo de contribuir con la construcción de la definición de pensamiento computacional, así como el conocimiento del término para fines formativos. La investigación es de tipo descriptiva con diseño documental, basada en la revisión de literatura relacionada con el tema, para especificar con propiedad la forma en la que el pensamiento computacional es visto como opción para la representación, adquisición de conocimientos y atención a problemas, desde la óptica de expertos como ISTE y CSTA (2011), Papert (1980), García-Peñalvo (2016), Wing (2006), entre otros. Se encontró que una definición consensuada sobre pensamiento computacional ha sido tema de constante debate dentro de la comunidad científica, y que una de las mejores opciones en torno a este pensamiento es su incorporación al currículo escolar obligatorio, desde etapas o niveles tempranos del sistema educativo, en orden de potenciar las destrezas analíticas en el infante a través de la aplicación de fundamentos informáticos.

Impact of teacher training in computational thinking on educational innovation and use of Artificial Intelligence

“…The universalization of computational thinking is supported by constructivism, as well as the foundations and strategies of computing to understand human nature and behavior (Tsarava et al, 2022). Some essential aspects of the universalization of computational thinking are: problem solving (Orozco-Carrillo & Zapata-González, 2023), digital literacy (Polanco Padrón et al, 2021) and 21st century skills (González et al, 2023); the integration of the subjects into the curriculum (Thyssen et al, 2023); educational technologies at all educational levels ; teacher training (Roig-Vila & Moreno-Isac, 2020;Zapata-Ros, 2015). The concept of universalization of computational thinking is also understood as an activity, which is frequently product-oriented, associated with, but not limited to, problem solving (Selby & Woollard, 2013).…”

Impact of teacher training in computational thinking on educational innovation and use of Artificial Intelligence

“…The universalization of computational thinking is supported by constructivism, as well as the foundations and strategies of computing to understand human nature and behavior (Tsarava et al, 2022). Some essential aspects of the universalization of computational thinking are: problem solving (Orozco-Carrillo & Zapata-González, 2023), digital literacy (Polanco Padrón et al, 2021) and 21st century skills (González et al, 2023); the integration of the subjects into the curriculum (Thyssen et al, 2023); educational technologies at all educational levels ; teacher training (Roig-Vila & Moreno-Isac, 2020;Zapata-Ros, 2015). The concept of universalization of computational thinking is also understood as an activity, which is frequently product-oriented, associated with, but not limited to, problem solving (Selby & Woollard, 2013).…”

“…It is a specific way of thinking and organizing ideas that favors digital skills and systems logic (Castillo, 2023). Another approach relates the universalization of computational thinking with a new representation of digital literacy within a framework of minimum skills that are necessary in contemporary society of the 21st century (Polanco Padrón et al, 2021). In this case, digital literacy refers to the ability to obtain, understand and use information from a wide variety of digital sources (Gilster, 1997).…”

Analysis of Scratch Software in Scientific Production for 20 Years: Programming in Education to Develop Computational Thinking and STEAM Disciplines

“…The first approaches to the term CT occurred in the 1960s and 1970s when Papert described it as procedural thinking in the use and development of programming skills and algorithmic designs [11]. For Wing [12,13], the first person to introduce the term CT into the scientific field in 2006, CT is the development and knowledge that people acquire by thinking like a computer programmer.…”