Designing and Evaluating a Computational Thinking Course for K-12 Brazilian Educators

Resumo

This paper evaluates an online Computational Thinking (CT) course for K-12 Brazilian educators. Considering the relevance of CT in current society and given that most K-12 teachers in Brazil still do not know the basics of CT, we designed and implemented an online course to provide qualification in CT and Programming fundamentals. We also aimed to assess educators' attitudes towards Computing, how their motivation were manifested over the intervention, and the correlation between motivation and attitudes. The outcomes suggest that learners' attitudes towards Computing has become more positive after the course, as well as indicate a high degree of participants' motivation during the workshop.