Computa\c{c}\~ao: O vetor de transforma\c{c}\~ao da sociedade

TL;DR

The paper discusses the rapid societal changes driven by computing science and emphasizes the importance of introducing computing and computational thinking to children early on, before university.

Contribution

It highlights global initiatives for teaching computing in schools and advocates for early education in computational thinking to adapt to societal changes.

Findings

Computing science accelerates societal change.

Early education in computing is crucial for future readiness.

Global initiatives are promoting computing in schools.

Abstract

Society is changing, has always changed, and will keep changing. However, changes are becoming faster and what used to happen between generations, now happens in the same generation. Computing Science is one of the reasons for this speed and permeates, basically, every other knowledge area. This paper (written in Portugu\^es) describes, briefly, the worldwide initiatives to introduce Computing Science teaching in schools. As the paper's main conclusion, it is essential to introduce Computing Science and Computational Thinking for kids before they enter into a university.