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The Impact of Workshop Activities on Parents’ Concerns About Computer Programming Education in Elementary
Abstract
Parents play an influential role in the lives of children studying in elementary school, and their attitudes toward education have a considerable influence on children’s attitudes. In the context of computer programming education, parents’ ignorance could affect their children’s education and attitudes towards education adversely. A promising way to support parents is through informal workshop s with their children, in which the former are exposed to the subjects and skills that the children will be learning. This study examined the impact of different types of workshop activities on parents’ concerns regarding various aspects of their children’s programming education. Three types of worksho ps were organized, each characterized by a particular activity; including a wooden robot with coding blocks, a robotics toy with visual programming language, and visual language. Data were collected from parents before and after their participation in these workshops. The results from the analysis of the data revealed that the impact of the three activities on the parents varied, with all three activities and workshops having a positive impact on the attitudes and confidence levels of parents in supporting their children at home with technology-related education in addition to enhancing their understanding of programming education.
Keywords
Programming Education
Elementary School
Parents’ Concerns
Computational Thinking
Programming Workshop
Declarations & Ethics
Funding:
This research received academic dissemination support through ESCAP / JournalsHub publishing programs.
Conflicts of Interest:
The authors declare no competing financial or institutional interests.
Peer Review:
Double-blind peer reviewed by international subject specialists.
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).
How to Cite This Article
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Researcher, et al. (2019). The Impact of Workshop Activities on Parents’ Concerns About Computer Programming Education in Elementary. IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, 14(1). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2019_v14i1_02
Researcher, et al. "The Impact of Workshop Activities on Parents’ Concerns About Computer Programming Education in Elementary." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, vol. 14, no. 1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2019_v14i1_02
Researcher, et al. "The Impact of Workshop Activities on Parents’ Concerns About Computer Programming Education in Elementary." IADIS International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems 14, no. 1 (2019). https://doi.org/10.33965/ijcsis_2019_v14i1_02