How are we Preparing our Preservice Teachers to Teach CS? A National Perspective

• In Event: TED- Preservice Development & Tools (h)

Short Description

Despite the growing demand for K-12 computer science (CS) education, one significant barrier to schools offering CS courses is the lack of certified teachers. Stakeholders have suggested that to increase CS teacher capacity, we need to create preservice programs that can produce teachers of CS. This study employed a national survey to describe the preservice pathways that exist for teaching CS at the K-12 levels, and how preservice elementary teachers are prepared to teach CS.

Authors

• Presenter: Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Indiana University

• Presenter: Thomas Brush, Indiana University

• Contributor: Joshua Childs, University of Texas - Austin

• Presenter: Jiyoung Kim, Indiana University Bloomington

• Presenter: Jacob Koressel, Indiana University - Bloomington

• Contributor: Hyejeong Lee, Indiana University-Bloomington

• Contributor: Leigh Ann DeLyser, CSforALL

• Presenter: Aman Yadav, Purdue University