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Challenges of a Computer Science Classroom: Initial Perspectives from Teachers

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Aman Yadav,

Sarah Gretter,

Susanne HambruschAuthors Info & Claims

WiPSCE '15: Proceedings of the Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

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https://doi.org/10.1145/2818314.2818322

Published: 09 November 2015 Publication History

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In spite of the increasing demand for professionals with computing experience in the workforce, computer science plays only a minor role in K-12 education. To meet the CS10K goal of training thousands of teachers to teach a new CS principles (CSP) course, a multi-pronged approach that targets both computer science teachers and teachers from other content areas is needed. An important step in this direction is to better understand challenges of teaching computing and how we can better support K-12 teachers. In this paper, we present results from a qualitative study that examines challenges computer science teachers face in the classroom.

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Challenges of a Computer Science Classroom: Initial Perspectives from Teachers
1. Applied computing
  1. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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WiPSCE '15: Proceedings of the Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

November 2015

149 pages

ISBN:9781450337533

DOI:10.1145/2818314

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Judith Gal-Ezer
The Open University of Israel
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Sue Sentance
King's College London & Computing At School
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Jan Vahrenhold
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

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