• DocumentCode
    63714
  • Title

    Computer and Society Concepts in Computing Education

  • Author

    Abrahao Amaral, Marilia ; Figueiredo Pereira Emer, Maria Claudia ; Gomes Setti, Mariangela Oliveira

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Tecnol. Fed. do Parana (UTFPR), Curitiba, Brazil
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    Jan. 2015
  • Firstpage
    259
  • Lastpage
    263
  • Abstract
    The training of professionals in computing that have a humanistic vision is an interdisciplinary task that involves content Computing and Social Sciences. This article discusses the practice of the contents of Computing and Society in a curriculum of Bachelor of Information Systems, concerned with the use of principles of constructivist pedagogy and social interactionism the proposed activities. The pedagogical design of the course in that discipline is inserted, lists the inherent discipline content and the way the social constructivism and social interactionism based the methodology adopted. To address such pedagogical aspects students were encouraged to seek a community in need of support for the inclusion of computing one of its activities. This document presents the twelve projects generated in the discipline as well as the perception of the students about the consequences of the activity.
  • Keywords
    computer science education; educational courses; further education; information systems; Bachelor of Information Systems curriculum; computer concept; computing education; society concept; student perception; Computers; Cultural differences; Hospitals; Laboratories; Presses; Societies; Software; Computing and Society; Curricula; Interactive Process; Interdisciplinarity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Latin America Transactions, IEEE (Revista IEEE America Latina)
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1548-0992
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TLA.2015.7040656
  • Filename
    7040656