The Future of K-12 Computer Science Instruction

Autor/inn/en	Bottoms, Gene; Sundell, Kirsten
Titel	The Future of K-12 Computer Science Instruction
Quelle	In: State Education Standard, 16 (2016) 3, S.24-31 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1540-8000
Schlagwörter	Elementary Secondary Education; Computer Science Education; State Action; At Risk Students; Information Technology; Legislators; Teachers; Administrators; College Faculty; State Boards of Education; Females; Minority Group Students; Career Exploration; Academic Standards; Program Development; Careers; Teacher Competencies; Community Programs; Labor Market + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Staatliche Intervention; Informationstechnologie; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Fakultät; Weibliches Geschlecht; Berufserkundung; Programmplanung; Career; Karriere; Lehrkunst; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt
Abstract	Children born since the early 1990s have never known a world in which computer and information technologies are not essential to every aspect of their lives. However, far too many young people, especially low-income and minority youth, lack opportunities to learn about the impact of computer and information technologies on their lives and become savvy consumers, creators, and innovators of those technologies. Led by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) convened the Commission on Computer Science and Information Technology, comprising state legislators, secondary and postsecondary education leaders, the executive director of a state board of education, and experts. The commission met in 2015 and 2016 to determine how states can help more young people, especially girls and students of color, learn computer science and explore exciting computing careers--and for some, to start journeys toward those careers while still in high school. This article presents five actions commissioned by SREB that states can take to help all students learn computer science and explore computing careers: (1) Develop Computer Science Standards; (2) Lay the Groundwork ; (3) Create Clear Pathways to Computing Careers; (4) Prepare Great Computer Science Teachers; and (5) Educate Communities. (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Association of State Boards of Education. 2121 Crystal Drive Suite 350, Arlington, VA 22202. Tel: 800-368-5023; Tel: 703-684-4000; Fax: 703-836-2313; e-mail: boards@nasbe.org; Web site: http://www.nasbe.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01