Coding with Scratch: The design of an educational setting for Elementary pre-service teachers

摘要

This work describes the design of a first experience of coding with Scratch, a simple programming language, for pre-service teachers. In particular, the aim of this study has been the investigation of the Scratch programming setting for 58 pre-service teachers, enrolled in a Motor Science course, Degree of Science of Primary Training, at University of Calabria (Italy). The experience has had a duration of 2 months and 4 mentors for instructional interventions have been involved.