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What makes CS teachers change?: factors influencing CS teachers' adoption of curriculum innovations

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SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 544 - 548

https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509051

Published: 04 March 2009 Publication History

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Computer Science (CS) education researchers hope their research has real impact on teaching practices. Developers of innovative curricula and tools for CS education want teachers to adopt their new approaches. What convinces a CS teacher to change and adopt something new--or not? This paper explores factors that influence CS teachers' adoption and change. We studied our workshop participants to determine factors influencing their decision on whether to adopt a new CS curriculum. The results from our study indicate that multiple factors, some surprising, influence CS teachers' adoption. Our findings suggest that teacher excitement in a new approach drives adoption, while more organizational or social issues inhibit adoption.

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What makes CS teachers change?: factors influencing CS teachers' adoption of curriculum innovations
1. Social and professional topics
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    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education

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SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

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DOI:10.1145/1508865

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