Teachers proactively made pedagogical and cultural adjustments to the CAL curriculum, which the authors link to a shift toward a proactive, confident position¶
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q1 i? The teachers omitted the nursery songs as less suitable for Israeli students, replaced the non-fiction story, and taught in small groups of about six students, with each modification requiring approval and justification from the research team. → Avia Ben-Ari 2025
q1 i? The authors interpret the teachers' confidence to change the curriculum as signaling a shift from a passive to a proactive, confident position. → Avia Ben-Ari 2025
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Avia Ben-Ari 2025¶
Avia Ben-Ari, Tess Gavrielle Levinson, Jessica Blake-West, Marina Umaschi Bers, Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima. (2025). From avoidance to ownership: preschool teachers learn to teach code—a case study. Education Tech Research Dev. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-025-10548-0
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Findings from the thematic analysis of teacher interviews in the case study, describing the adaptations the two teachers made while implementing the translated curriculum. The article prints that "Two significant pedagogical adaptations were replacing the non-fiction story" and teaching in small groups.
"Two significant pedagogical adaptations were replacing the non-fiction story accompanying the curriculum from the original “Hidden Figures” to “My First Hero: Marie Curie” and the decision to teach the curriculum in small groups instead of in a collective class-based fashion."
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Related Claims¶
- Instructor roles shift from exclusive information source toward orchestrating and regulating AI-mediated learning activities — related
- Preschool teachers with no coding background shifted from initial CS-related resistance to voluntary ownership of coding instruction after brief PD and curriculum implementation — related
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Teachers proactively made pedagogical and cultural adjustments to the CAL curriculum, which the authors link to a shift toward a proactive, confident position |
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Teachers proactively made pedagogical and cultural adjustments to the CAL curriculum, which the authors link to a shift toward a proactive, confident position |
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