Title :
Dolittle - experiences in teaching programming at K12 schools
Author :
Kanemune, Susumu ; Nakatani, Takako ; Mitarai, Rie ; Fukui, Shingo ; Kuno, Yasushi
Author_Institution :
Graduate Sch. of Bus. Sci., Tsukuba Univ., Japan
Abstract :
The Japanese government has been promoting IT education, including programming, at elementary and secondary (K12) schools since 2002. We have developed Dolittle, an object-oriented programming language suitable for K12 education, and evaluated it through the teaching opportunities available in classrooms. This work describes the outline and the future outlook of Dolittle, and reports on the examples of how it is used in classes.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; object-oriented languages; object-oriented programming; teaching; Dolittle; IT education; Japanese government; K12 schools; elementary schools; object-oriented programming language; programming education; programming teaching; secondary schools; Cloning; Computer languages; Computer science education; Educational institutions; Educational programs; Government; Graphics; Natural languages; Object oriented programming; Programming profession;
Conference_Titel :
Creating, Connecting and Collaborating through Computing, 2004. Proceedings. Second International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2166-5
DOI :
10.1109/C5.2004.1314390
