TY - GEN
T1 - A survey of computer science teacher preparation programs in Israel tells us
T2 - 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE'10
AU - Ragonis, Noa
AU - Hazzan, Orit
AU - Gal-Ezer, Judith
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2010 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - This paper focuses on the development and implementation of computer science (CS) teacher preparation programs, which are among the educational and pedagogical challenges faced by those involved in the current development of CS. It presents a survey that reflects the accumulative knowledge gained in Israel over the past twenty years with respect to CS teacher preparation. We explored nine institutes (six universities and three teacher education colleges) that offer CS teacher preparation programs. The survey indicates that while the programs vary in their implementation details, they are all motivated by the unique characteristics of CS, which play a central role in their design. We suggest that this observation further emphasizes the obvious: CS deserves designated CS teacher preparation programs. We therefore hope that this survey will contribute to the community of CS educators in general and to practitioners involved in developing CS teacher preparation programs in particular.
AB - This paper focuses on the development and implementation of computer science (CS) teacher preparation programs, which are among the educational and pedagogical challenges faced by those involved in the current development of CS. It presents a survey that reflects the accumulative knowledge gained in Israel over the past twenty years with respect to CS teacher preparation. We explored nine institutes (six universities and three teacher education colleges) that offer CS teacher preparation programs. The survey indicates that while the programs vary in their implementation details, they are all motivated by the unique characteristics of CS, which play a central role in their design. We suggest that this observation further emphasizes the obvious: CS deserves designated CS teacher preparation programs. We therefore hope that this survey will contribute to the community of CS educators in general and to practitioners involved in developing CS teacher preparation programs in particular.
KW - Computer science education
KW - Computer science teacher preparation
KW - Methods of Teaching Computer Science course
KW - Practicum in computer science
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77952234452&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1734263.1734402
DO - 10.1145/1734263.1734402
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AN - SCOPUS:77952234452
SN - 9781605588858
T3 - SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 401
EP - 405
BT - SIGCSE'10 - Proceedings of the 41st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
Y2 - 10 March 2010 through 13 March 2010
ER -