Preservice Teachers’ Motivation Towards Programming

• In Event: Computational thinking and PBL

Short Description

Computer science standards are becoming increasingly common in states’ K-12 curricula and programming has become a critical literacy for students. Therefore, there is a growing need for teachers who can integrate programming into their instruction. This session shares insights about how prior programming experience, year in school, and major impact preservice teachers’ motivation related to using and teaching programming. Practical implications on reinforcing preservice teachers’ motivation to use and teach programming will be discussed.

Authors

• Presenter: Alex Fegely, Coastal Carolina University

• Presenter: Hengtao Tang, University of South Carolina

• Presenter: Fatih Ari, University of South Carolina

• Presenter: Lucas Vasconcelos, University of South Carolina