APLICAÇÃO DO PENSAMENTO COMPUTACIONAL NO ENSINO, UMA REVISÃO SISTEMÁTICA DE LITERATURA

Abstract

Several countries have been identifying the importance of including in their curriculum processes and means for the development of skills and abilities towards Computational Thinking (CT). Thus, many researches in this area emerged due to its importance in the world scenario. This work aims, therefore, to understand in which countries these researches are taking place and what are the tools used by these studies in the application of CT in teaching. The methodology used was a systematic literature review having as the bias the PRISMA- Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses proposal, in which some steps must be followed, such as defining the problem and performing a database search. In this case, the step by step was consulting internationally published articles, selecting the corpus from the researched database, analysing this corpus and then present the results. Thus, the results show that research publications on CT applied to education are higher in the USA, but several countries such as Finland, Denmark and India also have extensive research in this area. Another finding was that many instruments are used by researchers to achieve their results, such as artificial intelligence, robotics, augmented reality (AR) and the creation of games and electronic kits. Finally, it is clear that countries are investing in this research due to the great scope that technology should reach in the coming years. As an example, the 5G internet is mentioned, which will interconnect all areas of life in society, which will require knowledge about CT to solve the problems of the future as well as its demands.