ERIC Number: EJ1094233
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 20
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0899 3408
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It Takes a Village: Supporting Inquiry- and Equity-Oriented Computer Science Pedagogy through a Professional Learning Community
Ryoo, Jean; Goode, Joanna; Margolis, Jane
Computer Science Education, v25 n4 p351-370 2015
This article describes the importance that high school computer science teachers place on a teachers' professional learning community designed around an inquiry- and equity-oriented approach for broadening participation in computing. Using grounded theory to analyze four years of teacher surveys and interviews from the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) program in the Los Angeles Unified School District, this article describes how participating in professional development activities purposefully aimed at fostering a teachers' professional learning community helps ECS teachers make the transition to an inquiry-based classroom culture and break professional isolation. This professional learning community also provides experiences that challenge prevalent deficit notions and stereotypes about which students can or cannot excel in computer science.
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, High Schools, Secondary School Teachers, Computer Science Education, Teacher Collaboration, Equal Education, Technology Uses in Education, Grounded Theory, Urban Schools, Program Effectiveness, Inquiry, Interviews, Teacher Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Professional Isolation, Faculty Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Identifiers - Location: California
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1241284; 0943507