T50 TED: Preparing Teachers to Teach Programming: Reflections on a Graduate Course in Computer Science Education Methods

• In Event: Roundtables - Friday
  In Roundtable Session: Roundtables II - TED

Short Description

This session reflects on the “lessons learned” after designing and implementing a graduate course for pre-service and in-service teachers titled Computer Programming and the Classroom (K-8). Topics covered in the session include 1) the rationale for teaching children to program, 2) strategies and methods for teaching specific programming concepts, and 3) a survey of tools and platforms available to educators, and 4) a discussion of gaps in the current computer science education literature. This session will be of interest to educators and administrators interested in computer science education. Handouts of the course syllabus will be distributed.

Author

• Daniel L Hoffman, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign