The dynamic evolution of the field of computer science also poses
educational and pedagogical challenges, such as issues of computer
science (CS) teacher recruitment, pre-service teacher preparation,
support for teachers' ongoing professional development, and the design
of teaching and learning material.
This unique Guide to Teaching Computer Science presents both a
conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for general
CS teaching. The content is clearly written and structured to be
applicable to all levels of CS education and for any teaching
organization, without limiting its focus to instruction for any specific
curriculum, programming language or paradigm.
Topics and features: presents an overview of curriculum topics in
computer science, and of research in CS education; examines strategies
for teaching problem-solving, evaluating pupils, and for dealing with
pupils' misunderstandings; provides learning activities throughout the
book, consistently supported by chapter references; proposes
active-learning-based classroom teaching methods, as well as methods
specifically for lab-based teaching; discusses various types of
questions that a CS instructor, tutor, or trainer can use for a range of
different teaching situations; investigates thoroughly issues of lesson
planning and course design; describes frameworks by which prospective CS
teachers gain their first teaching experience.
Drawing on the authors' experience of more than two decades of teaching
and research in computer science education, this concise, thorough and
easy-to-follow book is eminently suitable for use as either a teaching
guide or as a textbook for computer science teacher training programs.
