FEATURES OF LEARNING THE SCRATCH PROGRAMMING ENVIRONMENT BY FUTURE COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26565/2074-8922-2025-84-13
Abstract. The training of future computer science teachers involves studying programming in order not only to
teach programming to students in secondary education institutions, but also to create software products in
accordance with the needs of professional activity. Therefore, while forming knowledge, skills and abilities in
programming, it is necessary to form a creative approach to creating projects in future computer science
teachers.
Students of secondary education institutions begin to get acquainted with programming in primary grades,
studying the Scratch programming environment, and continue in secondary grades, studying the Scratch
programming environment in grades 5 and 6, in grade 7 they begin to study the programming language, usually
Python. Therefore, future computer science teachers should study the Scratch programming environment during
their studies in higher education institutions, as we previously wrote about in a scientific article. In addition, it is
precisely the use of the Scratch programming environment that can ensure the creation of creative projects by
future specialists.
The article examines the concept of the ―Scratch programming environment‖ and provides its own understanding
of this concept. The opinions of scientists on studying the Scratch programming environment for higher
education students are presented. The educational resources of the Scratch programming environment website
are characterized. Practical tasks for the mandatory educational component ―Programming‖ are developed for
such laboratory classes as: ―Introduction to the Scratch programming environment‖, ―Projects with loops in the
Scratch programming environment‖, ―Creating projects with variables, expressions and lists in the Scratch
programming environment‖, ―Developing a game project in the Scratch programming environment‖,
―Developing creative projects in the Scratch programming environment‖. The importance of studying the
Scratch programming environment for future computer science teachers is emphasized.
In cites: Dushchenko O. (2025). Features of learning the Scratch programming environment by
future computer science teachers. Problems of Engineering Pedagogic Education, (84), 156-168.
https://doi.org/10.26565/2074-8922-2025-84-13 (in Ukrainian)
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