In a study published in Computer Science Education, we examined teachers’ perspectives about teaching computer science, challenges they face in the classroom, and areas they believe are needed for them to be successful in the classroom. Teachers in our study highlighted a number of challenges beginning computer science teachers face and discussed professional development needs they feel would have helped them adapt to the classroom. Teachers reported that during the rst few years they them- selves did not either have adequate content knowledge or pedagogical knowledge to teach computer science. Teachers with a formal background in teaching often didn’t have the CS content knowledge needed to teach CS. On the other hand, teachers with industry experi- ence in programming did not have any teaching background to e ectively deliver CS lessons. Read more..
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