ELEMENTS OF TRAINING FUTURE TEACHERS OF INFORMATICS FOR THE APPLICATION OF COMPUTATIONAL THINKING TECHNOLOGY

Abstract

The formation of Computational Thinking in students is one of the main tasks of a modern teacher. The application of the technology of forming Computational Thinking in the training of future computer science teachers will allow to master this technology in practice and to implement it in the educational process in the future professional activity.

Formulation of the problem. Computational Thinking and computer literacy skills are indispensable for anyone, regardless of their field of activity. Students' understanding of the principles and approaches to the formation of Computational Thinking, as well as properly selected forms, methods and teaching aids will prepare future professionals to implement the technology of forming Computational Thinking students during the educational process, including computer science lessons.

Materials and methods. The material of the research is the process of conducting a series of trainings "Technologies of formation of Computational Thinking" within the study of the discipline "Methods of teaching computer science" for students enrolled in educational and professional programs: Secondary education (Informatics), Secondary education (Mathematics. Informatics) and Secondary education (Physics, Informatics). The study used such methods as analysis of research results, generalization of researchers' experience, surveys, questionnaires, pedagogical observation, synthesis, induction, deduction, mathematical and statistical methods.

Results. The article outlines the content of the basic principles and approaches to the formation of Computational Thinking. The experience of implementing Computational Thinking technology using the MOON educational game, which was developed by the University of Deusto (Spain) during the training, is described.

Conclusions. Summarizing the results of the study, it can be argued that the use of Computational Thinking technology, in particular the educational game MOON, in the format of training contributes to the formation of these skills, positively affect the learning atmosphere and prepare future teachers for professional activities.