Guide to Teaching Computer Science

An Activity-Based Approach

Orit Hazzan, Tami Lapidot, Noa Ragonis (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2015 | 2nd ed. 2014
Springer London Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-4471-6629-0 (ISBN)

Infos

This textbook presents both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for computer science (CS) teaching. Updated with the latest teaching approaches and trends, and expanded with new learning activities, the content of this new edition is clearly written and structured to be applicable to all levels of CS education and for any teaching organization. Features: provides 110 detailed learning activities; reviews curriculum and cross-curriculum topics in CS; explores the benefits of CS education research; describes strategies for cultivating problem-solving skills, for assessing learning processes, and for dealing with pupils’ misunderstandings; proposes active-learning-based classroom teaching methods, including lab-based teaching; discusses various types of questions that a CS instructor or trainer can use for a range of teaching situations; investigates thoroughly issues of lesson planning and course design; examines the first field teaching experiences gained by CS teachers.

Autor

Dr. Orit Hazzan is Professor and Head of the Department of Education in Science and Technology at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Hazzan’s other publications with Springer include Agile Anywhere – Essays on Agile Projects and Beyond (2014) and Agile Software Engineering (2008). Dr. Tami Lapidot is Executive Manager of Machshava – the Israeli National Center for Computer Science Teachers, Haifa, Israel. Dr. Noa Ragonis is Head of the Instructional Development Center and a computer science senior lecturer at Beit Berl College, and an adjacent senior lecturer at the Department of Education in Science and Technology, Technion. Dr. Ragonis’ publications include eight computer science high-school textbooks and teachers guides (in Hebrew).

Inhalt

Introduction – What Is This Guide About?

Active Learning and the Active-Learning-Based Teaching Model

Overview of the Discipline of Computer Science

Research in Computer Science Education

Problem-Solving Strategies

Learners’ Alternative Conceptions

Teaching Methods in Computer Science Education

Lab-Based Teaching

Types of Questions in Computer Science Education

Assessment

Teaching Planning

Integrated View at the MTCS Course Organization: The Case of Recursion

Getting Experience in Computer Science Education

Design of Methods of Teaching Computer Science Course

High School Computer Science Teacher Preparation Programs

Epilogue

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 1 Tables, color; 46 Tables, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white; XXIV, 296 p. 10 illus.
• Verlagsort: England
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 155 x 235 mm
• Gewicht: 6613 g
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Unterrichts-Handreichungen
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Informatik
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sonder-, Heil- und Förderpädagogik
• Schlagworte: Computer Science Education • Pedagogy • Students’ Difficulties • Teacher Preparation • Teaching Strategies
• ISBN-10: 1-4471-6629-9 / 1447166299
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4471-6629-0 / 9781447166290
• Zustand: Neuware