Scientific Studies on the Work of the 'Haus der kleinen Forscher' Foundation is a regularly
published series of scientific reports authored by distinguished experts from the field of
early education. This series serves to pursue professional dialogue between the Foundation
academia and practice with the aim of lending sound support to all child-care centres
after-school care centres and primary schools in Germany in their educational mission. This
ninth volume of the series with a foreword by Ilan Chabay deals with the goals and
requirements of computer science education in the elementary and primary sector. In their
expert report Nadine Bergner Hilde Köster Johannes Magenheim Kathrin Müller Ralf Romeike
Ulrik Schroeder and Carsten Schulte specify the pedagogical and content-related goal dimensions
of computer science education at child-care centres and primary schools. In addition to
establishing a theoretical basis for various goal dimensions the authors discuss the success
criteria for effective and efficient early computer science education in practice. They also
provide recommendations for the further development of the Foundation's offerings and
scientific accompaniment of the work of the Foundation in the field of computer science. In
their expert recommendation Nadine Bergner and Kathrin Müller describe a selection of
informatics systems for children at child-care centres and primary schools and offer
suggestions for particularly suitable systems and their use in elementary and primary education
based on professional criteria. The final chapter of the volume describes the implementation of
these professional recommendations in the programmes of the Haus der kleinen Forscher
Foundation - with and without computers.
