Introducing Computer Science to Education Faculty: Teach the Teacher Educators

This paper describes a collaborative project that was conducted to promote the Computer Science (CS) and Computation Thinking (CT) Education among Education Faculties. 9 Education Faculties from three local and regional schools participated in a learning experience designed to address the K-12 Computer Science Framework[1] and Maryland's K-12 Computer Science Standards. The collaboration was designed to develop CS/CT knowledge, understanding, skills and application among Education Faculties who work to prepare teachers. The plan is to build the capacity of faculty to integrate CS and CT into several preservice courses as well as build into the coursework sequence meaningful experiences that expose future teachers to CS and CT knowledge and skills so that they can in turn incorporate these into their own lesson plans. Project evaluation included formative and summative assessments to examine changes in content and pedagogical knowledge. Phase one feedback from the participants shows positive result.