Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
The Journal of Academic Social Science, cilt.45, ss.504-529, 2017 (Hakemli Dergi)
Computer Science
education, particularly in the aspect of programming, grows more
important by the day with the increasing demand for meeting the demands
of the software industry in today's information age towards skilled
workers. For this reason, and also for meeting the demands of an
“Information Society”, it has been advised that the curriculum for
computer science and programming subjects at K12 level needs to be
revised However, it is also worthy to discuss the qualities of
undergraduate curriculums at university programs that train K12 computer
science teachers who would deliver the revised K12 curriculum. For this
purpose, this study seeks to assess the case of programming courses at
Computer Education and Instructional Technology departments in Turkey,
within the context of programming languages taught. Course content and
questionnaire data from students have been referred to for determining
what the trends are in terms of computer programming paradigms and
languages chosen for instruction, and what the effect of these choices
has been. The results have also been compared to the existing global
trends. In conclusion, it was understood that the object-orientation
concept in programming, which has been adopted as an industry standard,
has not been included in the course content advised for the program by
the Turkish Council of Higher Education. Most students do not seem to
know what object-orientation means, and they have misconceptions in the
matter. The advised course content itself also seems to include
misconceptions. Moreover, there is a controversial situation in terms of
advised and preferred programming languages for instruction that
contrasts with the trends in the rest of the World.