Poster #18 - Prospective High School Computer Science Teachers' Perceptions of Inquiry Pedagogy and Equity

• In Event: 43.081 - MTCC Poster Session Nine
  In Poster Session: 43.081-2 - Technology, Instruction, Cognition, and Learning: A Survey of Research

Abstract

This paper investigates prospective computer science teachers’ perceptions of the concepts of inquiry and equity, and how these concepts changed or developed over the course of a week-long professional development (PD) experience. Initial results indicate that teachers’ meanings for inquiry were, even at the start of the PD, well-informed. Teachers’ perceptions of equity were more uncertain at the start of the PD but developed over the course of the week, resulting in more teachers’ exhibiting an asset-based approach to equity as well as greater confidence in implementing equitable practices.

Authors

• S. Megan Che, Clemson University

• Eileen T Kraemer, Clemson University

• Murali Sitaraman, Clemson University