Digital competence formation of the citizen for the creation in the digital world using programming

Abstract

This article presents the issue of digital competence for the population as a whole with a view to benefiting people, companies and the country. The European Community's DigComp proposal is described, which establishes a set of necessary skills to be acquired by the population. Among these skills is the ability to develop programs using some programming language. The situation in Brazil in terms of digital competence in this regard is analyzed for the population as a whole and in the case of young people aged 9 to 17, based on surveys by CETIC.br. MEC's recommendations are then presented to train elementary, middle and higher level students in programming language and strategies and difficulties to teach/learn a programming language are discussed. A qualitative research presents a sample of the population that experienced the learning of a programming language for the first time, pointing out the difficulties and alternatives used in terms of support. From this research and from previous studies, a range of strategies and resources to support digital training can be derived.