Computational Literacy Applied to Learning Basic Mathematics in the Initial Training of Indigenous Computing Teachers in Basic Education

• Allana Maria Medrado Araújo UnB
• Wanderson Gabriel Torres da Silva UnB
• Edison Ishikawa UnB
• Maristela Holanda UnB

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/wei.2024.2791

Abstract

This paper presents an action research focused on the initial training of computer science teachers for the Ticuna indigenous ethnicity. The theories of Ausubel’s meaningful learning and Dee Fink’s taxonomy were applied together with computational literacy. This is an innovative approach since no works in the literature report pedagogical methods for the initial training of indigenous computer science teachers. The results show that the methodology used was effective for the teaching and learning process of the Ticuna indigenous students.

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