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Publication Date: 2015
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Towards a Competency Model for Teaching Computer Science
Bender, Elena; Hubwieser, Peter; Schaper, Niclas; Margaritis, Melanie; Berges, Marc; Ohrndorf, Laura; Magenheim, Johannes; Schubert, Sigrid
Peabody Journal of Education, v90 n4 p519-532 2015
To address the special challenges of teaching computer science, adequate development of teachers' competencies during their education is extremely important. In particular, pedagogical content knowledge and teachers' beliefs and motivational orientations play an important role in effective teaching. This research field has been sparsely investigated up to now and there exists no consistent competency model for teaching computer science in Germany. Therefore, this paper describes the development of competency in the areas of pedagogical content knowledge, teachers' beliefs, and motivational orientations with regard to computer science. Competency-relevant factors for teaching computer science are theoretically derived and concretely formulated with the help of expert interviews conducted according to the critical incident technique and analyzed using techniques of qualitative content analysis.
Descriptors: Models, Computer Science Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Teaching Models, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Beliefs, Teacher Motivation, Interviews, Critical Incidents Method, Qualitative Research, Teaching Methods, Teacher Competencies, Teaching Skills, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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