Developing analytical competency through informatics teaching

Abstract

A short summary is given of infonnatics teaching in Gennany. As goals for infonnatics education, some competences are listed which can only be achieved through infonnatics. This leads to a justification for obligatory infonnatics courses in secondary instruction in Gennany. Such teaching must be supported by tools, which have certain fundamental requirements: zooming in time and space, algorithmic transparency and a simplicity of interfaces. Graphical facilities using the discrete pixel plane become necessary components of software, which is available now or shortly. One major concern is to prevent the degeneration of algorithmic capabilities as a possible consequence of software that is too easy to use.