TY - GEN
T1 - Quantum Computing As a Topic in Computer Science Education
AU - Seegerer, Stefan
AU - Michaeli, Tilman
AU - Romeike, Ralf
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 ACM.
PY - 2021/10/18
Y1 - 2021/10/18
N2 - Quantum technologies are currently among the most promising technological developments, with quantum computing, in particular, playing a crucial role. This is accompanied by promising opportunities, but also new challenges for our society. However, quantum computing as a subject of computer science education is still at the very beginning. This paper aims to discuss quantum computing as a topic in computer science education and to make a first approach to central terms and ideas as well as their explanatory approaches. With the help of an explorative focus group interview with experts, five core ideas of quantum computer science are identified in this study. A literature review is then used to identify, categorize, and contrast different explanatory approaches for these ideas. The results thus contribute to making quantum computer science accessible for computing education and raise further questions for the computing education research community.
AB - Quantum technologies are currently among the most promising technological developments, with quantum computing, in particular, playing a crucial role. This is accompanied by promising opportunities, but also new challenges for our society. However, quantum computing as a subject of computer science education is still at the very beginning. This paper aims to discuss quantum computing as a topic in computer science education and to make a first approach to central terms and ideas as well as their explanatory approaches. With the help of an explorative focus group interview with experts, five core ideas of quantum computer science are identified in this study. A literature review is then used to identify, categorize, and contrast different explanatory approaches for these ideas. The results thus contribute to making quantum computer science accessible for computing education and raise further questions for the computing education research community.
KW - core ideas
KW - focus group interview
KW - quantum computer science
KW - quantum computing
KW - quantum information science
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85118825306
U2 - 10.1145/3481312.3481348
DO - 10.1145/3481312.3481348
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85118825306
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
BT - 16th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2021
A2 - Berges, Marc
A2 - Muhling, Andraes
A2 - Armoni, Michal
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 16th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2021
Y2 - 18 October 2021 through 20 October 2021
ER -