The “CSCT Living Lab” for computer science and computational thinking

This work describes the “CSCT Living Lab”, where a new approach to learning, based on computational thinking and inquiry-based science, is practiced and shaped. Ten high schools, together with seven technical institutions and other three, chosen among vocational ones, have been involved. All these members, represented by teachers interested in joining the process, gave life to the lab, where enhanced scenarios for learning are planned, implemented and traced. An abstraction model is also proposed, to promote a collaborative learning context for teachers and students, derived from effective experiences carried out at University and Politecnico di Torino. A specific example, coming from process control domain, is described to show part of the scenario adopted to make inter-disciplinary learning a sustainable and effective experience.