TY - GEN
T1 - Teacher research projects in computing
AU - Sentance, Sue
AU - Sinclair, Jane
AU - Simmons, Carl
AU - Csizmadia, Andrew
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/10/13
Y1 - 2016/10/13
N2 - The introduction of computer science (CS) to the National Curriculum for schools in England has led to a situation where teachers must develop both subject knowledge and pedagogical expertise in parallel, which presents a significant challenge. Professional development to address this may be most effective when situated in the teachers' own working practices. This paper describes a project to support CS teachers in developing pedagogical skills by planning, designing and implementing their own classroom-based research, supported by university colleagues.
AB - The introduction of computer science (CS) to the National Curriculum for schools in England has led to a situation where teachers must develop both subject knowledge and pedagogical expertise in parallel, which presents a significant challenge. Professional development to address this may be most effective when situated in the teachers' own working practices. This paper describes a project to support CS teachers in developing pedagogical skills by planning, designing and implementing their own classroom-based research, supported by university colleagues.
KW - Action research
KW - Computer science education
KW - Computing teachers
KW - Professional development
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U2 - 10.1145/2978249.2978271
DO - 10.1145/2978249.2978271
M3 - Conference proceeding (ISBN)
AN - SCOPUS:84994259863
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 110
EP - 111
BT - WiPSCE 2016 - Proceedings of the 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
A2 - Vahrenhold, Jan
A2 - Barendsen, Erik
A2 - Barendsen, Erik
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2016
Y2 - 13 October 2016 through 15 October 2016
ER -