Computer Education: Nature and Perspectives of an Interdiscipline

• Main Authors: Andrés Chiappe, Jorge O. Sánchez
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Baja California 2014-08-01
• Series: Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa
• Subjects: Informática Educativa; teoría de la educación; enfoque interdisciplinario; TIC.
• Online Access: http://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/851

The purpose of this paper is to characterize the interdisciplinary nature of Computer Science Education as an epistemic category that emerges strongly both in academia and as a social practice in diverse educational contexts. We begin by establishing the components of the category and then present arguments supporting their interactions and their location in a theoretical space delimited by the supra-categories “knowledge society” and “lifelong learning”. In addition, possible research approaches for generating and developing theory in this field are proposed.