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Crisis in computer science education at the precollege level

Published: 01 February 1982 Publication History

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This paper attempts to focus attention on the problem of providing meaningful and effective educational programs for precollege teachers. Computer science departments caught in their own staffing problems have not given much attention to precollege teacher training in computer science. Elementary and secondary schools are experiencing very little turnover in staff. Even when these schools have an open position, individuals entering the teaching field have little or no training in computer science. Yet the need for precollege teachers with a computer science background exists and is growing larger each year. This paper addresses this crisis in computer science education at the precollege level and proposes an approach which can be implemented easily and effectively.

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[1]
Denning, P.J., Ed. "A Discipline in Crisis," Communications of ACM, Vol. 24, No. 6 (June 1981), 370-374.
[2]
Lybos, P. "On Programs for Teaching Education," Communications of ACM, Vol. 24, No. 7 (July 1981), 480.
[3]
Amsbury, W. Structured BASIC and Beyond, Computer Science Press, 1980.

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cover image ACM Conferences
SIGCSE '82: Proceedings of the thirteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1982
271 pages
ISBN:0897910672
DOI:10.1145/800066
  • cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
    ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 14, Issue 1
    Proceedings of the 13th SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
    February 1982
    278 pages
    ISSN:0097-8418
    DOI:10.1145/953051
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