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Effects of Programming Education using Visual Literacy: Focus on Arts Major

시각적 문해력을 활용한 프로그래밍 교육의 효과 : 예술계열 중심으로

  • Su-Young Pi (Dept. of Computer Software, Daegu Catholic University) ;
  • Hyun-Sook Son (National Center of Excellence in Software, Daegu Catholic University)
  • 피수영 (대구가톨릭대학교 컴퓨터소프트웨어학부) ;
  • 손현숙 (대구가톨릭대학교 SW중심대학)
  • Received : 2024.03.02
  • Accepted : 2024.03.17
  • Published : 2024.04.30
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Abstract

Recently, with an emphasis on software proficiency, universities are providing software education to all students regardless of their majors. However, non-majors often lack motivation for software education and perceive the unfamiliar learning content as more challenging. To address this issue, tailored software education according to the learners' characteristics is essential. Art students, for instance, with their strong visual comprehension and expressive abilities, can benefit from utilizing visual literacy to enhance the effectiveness of programming education. In this study, we propose decomposing everyday problems into flowcharts and pseudocode to construct procedural and visual images. Using the educational programming language PlayBot, we aim to analyze the effectiveness of teaching by coding to solve problems. Through this approach, students are expected to grasp programming concepts, understand problem-solving processes through computational thinking, and acquire skills to apply programming in their respective fields.

최근 소프트웨어 역량이 강조됨에 따라 대학에서는 전공 구분없이 모든 학생들에게 소프트웨어 교육을 진행하고 있다. 비전공자들은 소프트웨어 교육에 대한 동기부여가 부족하고, 생소한 학습 콘텐츠에 대한 체감 난이도가 높은 문제가 있다. 이를 해결하기 위해 학습자 특성에 맞는 소프트웨어 교육을 제공해야 한다. 예술계열 학생들은 시각에 대한 이해와 표현력이 뛰어나므로 시각적 문해력을 활용하면 프로그래밍 교육의 학습효과를 높일 수 있다고 본다. 본 연구에서는 일상의 문제를 순서도와 의사코드로 분해하여 절차적으로 시각적 이미지를 구성한다. 이를 교육용 프로그래밍 언어인 플레이봇을 이용하여 코딩을 하고 문제를 해결하도록 진행하여 수업의 효과를 분석하고자 한다. 이를 통해 학생들은 프로그래밍의 개념을 이해하고, 문제를 컴퓨팅적 사고로 해결하는 과정을 이해할 수 있으며, 프로그래밍을 자신의 전공에 활용하는 방법을 습득할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

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