Guide to teaching computer science: an activity-based approach

This guide presents both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for general computer science (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. Features: presents an overview 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; 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 whichprospective CS teachers gain their first teaching experience. Presents both a conceptual framework and detailed implementation guidelines for general computer science teaching. Clearly written and structured to be applicable to all levels of education and for any teaching organization, without limiting its focus to instruction for any specific curriculum, programming language or paradigm. Provides learning activities throughout the book. INDICE: Introduction. Active Learningáand the Active-Learning-Based Teaching Model. Overview of the Discipline of Computer Science. Research in ComputerScience Education. Problem Solving Strategies. Learners' Alternative Conceptions. Teaching Methodsáin Computer Science Education. Lab-Based Teaching. Typesof Questionsáin Computer Science Education. Evaluation. Teaching Planning. Integrated View at the MTCS Course Organization: The Case of Recursion. Getting Experience in Computer Science Education. Design of a Methods of Teaching Computer Science Course. High School Computer Science Teacher Preparation Programs. Epilogue.

• ISBN: 978-0-85729-442-5
• Editorial: Springer London
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 314
• Fecha Publicación: 22/04/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés