Title :
Bring History of Computing into High School CS Curriculum: Teachers´ Perspectives
Author :
Yi Fen Chen ; Cheng-Chih Wu
Author_Institution :
Grad. Inst. of Inf. & Comput. Educ., Nat. Taiwan Normal Univ., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
The purpose of this study is to investigate teachers´ perceptions/concerns of teaching computer sciences through history of computing, specifically in teaching high school computer science. We hope the results of this study should provide valuable ideas for textbook authors and curriculum developers, it should offer suggestions for high school teachers in teaching computer science through history of computing as well.
Keywords :
computer science education; teaching; computing history; high school CS curriculum; high school computer science teaching; teacher perspectives; Computer science; Computers; Educational institutions; History; Materials; Mathematics; History of science; computer science teachers; high school computer science; history of computing;
Conference_Titel :
Learning and Teaching in Computing and Engineering (LaTiCE), 2013
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5627-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-4960-6
DOI :
10.1109/LaTiCE.2013.16
