Software Literacy Education and Beyond /

• Main Authors: Khoo, Elaine (Author), Hight, Craig (Author), Torrens, Rob (Author), Cowie, Bronwen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Literacy.; Technical education.; Educational technology.; Engineering/Technology Education.; Technology and Digital Education.; Learning & Instruction.

This book explores the notion of software literacy, a key part of digital literacy which all contemporary students and citizens need to understand. Software literacy involves a critical understanding of how the affordances and conceptual approaches of everything from operating systems, creative apps...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Software and other literacies
• Chapter 2 A genealogy of software applications
• Chapter 3 The learning, use and critical understanding of software in Media Studies
• Chapter 4 The learning, use and critical understanding of software in Engineering
• Chapter 5 Comparing the cases: What do they tell us about Software Literacy?
• Chapter 6 Software Literacy: Education and beyond.