Preparing Pre-Service Teachers to Teach Computer Science: Models, Practices, and Policies (Research, Innovation & Methods in Educational Technology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1648024564 ISBN 13: 9781648024566

Publisher: Information Age Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Computer science has emerged as a key driver of innovation in the 21st century. Yet preparing teachers to teach computer science or integrate computer science content into K-12 curricula remains an enormous challenge. Recent policy reports have suggested the need to prepare future teachers to teach computer science through pre-service teacher education programs. In order to prepare a generation of teachers who are capable of delivering computer science to students, however, the field must identify research-based examples, pedagogical strategies, and policies that can facilitate changes in teacher knowledge and practices. The purpose of this book is to provide examples that could help guide the design and delivery of effective teacher preparation on the teaching of computer science. This book identifies promising pathways, pedagogical strategies, and policies that will help teacher education faculty and pre-service teachers infuse computer science content into their curricula as well as teach stand-alone computing courses. Specifically, the book focuses on pedagogical practices for developing and assessing pre-service teacher knowledge of computer science, course design models for pre-service teachers, and discussion of policies that can support the teaching of computer science. The primary audience of the book is students and faculty in educational technology, educational or cognitive psychology, learning theory, teacher education, curriculum and instruction, computer science, instructional systems, and learning sciences.

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About the Author

Chrystalla Mouza, University of Delaware.

Aman Yadav, Michigan State University.

Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Indiana University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Information Age Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648024564
• ISBN 13: 9781648024566
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Mouza Chrystalla, Yadav Aman, Ottenbreit-Leftwich Anne