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A master's degree in school computer studies

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, Volume 15, Issue 1

Pages 99 - 103

https://doi.org/10.1145/952978.801023

Published: 01 February 1983 Publication History

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Several papers have been written about the shortage of knowledgeable computer science teachers at the secondary and junior college level. Additional reports have been written describing workshops, courses, and various other methods to help reduce this shortage. See for example papers by Moursund, Dennis, Piorot and others in various publications by ACM and the proceedings of recent National Educational Computing Conferences.(l,2)

Very few papers have reported on the existence of degree programs for teachers who are interested in developing the necessary background to teach computer science. Even fewer master's degree programs exist to help train teachers in computer science education. Moursund has described the master's degree at Oregon(3), Lykos has established a degree at Illinois Institute of Technology, and the University of Illinois has a degree for teachers.(2)

This paper describes a unique master's degree program at Northwest Missouri State University. Details are given on the development and present status of the program. Also, several suggestions are indicated for possible future directions for such a program.

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Poirot,J., Taylor,R. and Powell,J. Teacher Education. TOPICS in Computer Education for Elementary and Secondary Schools. ACM, 1980.

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Dennis,J. Stages of Development in Introducing Computing to Teachers. Proceedings of National Educational Computing Conference, Iowa City, Iowa, 1979.

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Moursund,D. and Moulton,P. A Summer Master's Degree Program in Computer Education. TOPICS in Instructional Computing. ACM, 1975.

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Kenner,M. Private conversation. October, 1982.

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Northwest Missouri State University Graduate Catalog, 1982-1983.

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A master's degree in school computer studies
1. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. Project and people management
        Computer and information systems training

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ACM SIGCSE Bulletin Volume 15, Issue 1

Proceedings of the 14th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education

February 1983

301 pages

ISSN:0097-8418

DOI:10.1145/952978

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SIGCSE '83: Proceedings of the fourteenth SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
February 1983
307 pages
ISBN:0897910915
DOI:10.1145/800038
Chairmen:
Larry K. Cottrell,
Sheau-Dong Lang,
A. Joe Turner

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Ragonis NHazzan OGal-Ezer JLewandowski GWolfman SCortina TWalker E(2010)A survey of computer science teacher preparation programs in Israel tells usProceedings of the 41st ACM technical symposium on Computer science education10.1145/1734263.1734402(401-405)Online publication date: 10-Mar-2010
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Armoni M(2011)Looking at Secondary Teacher Preparation Through the Lens of Computer ScienceACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/2048931.204893411:4(1-38)Online publication date: 1-Nov-2011
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2048931.2048934

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