Current Landscape of Professional Development of Teachers’ Capacity for Computing Education: A Systematic Literature Review

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Abstract

The fast growth in the number of children needing high quality computer science (CS) education has led to a proliferation of workshops and professional development (PD) trainings for teachers. PD is regarded as a key mechanism for building teachers’ content and pedagogical capacity. Yet research on CS PD models and effectiveness is at its beginning stage and one critical need is moving beyond boutique PD approaches to consider scale-up efforts that reach teachers at the state and national levels. Our paper shares preliminary findings from a systematic literature review to examine the current landscape of PD building teachers’ capacity for computing education to provide insights into PD approaches that have potential to scale up.

Authors

• Xiaoxia A. Newton, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Zhi Li, University of Illinois College of Medicine Rockford

• Yi Wang, Purdue University

• Beth Auten, University of North Carolina - Charlotte