"Not My Subject"? A Survey of Teachers Regarding the Implementation of New K-8 Computing Education Standards

Michael Mann, Ha Bui, Benjamin Gibbons, Alex Lishinski, Elizabeth Dyer, Joshua Rosenberg, Jennifer Longnecker

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Abstract

Around the United States, educators are teaching new computer science (CS) education standards, including in Tennessee, which announced its first K-8 CS standards in 2018. In Tennessee, the standards are now the official guidelines for CS education at the K-8 level, what barriers prevent CS teaching and learning to become a reality, especially for elementary and middle grades teachers, are unknown. We developed and administered a needs survey for K-8 teachers regarding CS education as a part of a broader community-engaged project. From 251 K-8 teachers' responses, we found that CS is important to them, but there are barriers to meeting the standards. Qualitative items about needs and barriers related to CS education teachers revealed a demand for professional development and training opportunities for teachers to learn about both the technical aspects of computing education and embedding computing ideas across the K-8 curriculum. We will discuss the implications of these findings and will describe how these results will enable our efforts to provide professional learning opportunities for educators.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationSIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages1343
Number of pages1
ISBN (Electronic)9781450380621
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 3 2021
Externally publishedYes
Event52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Mar 13 2021Mar 20 2021

Publication series

NameSIGCSE 2021 - Proceedings of the 52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education

Conference

Conference52nd ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period3/13/213/20/21

Keywords

  • computer science education
  • computing education
  • cs integration
  • teacher perceptions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Computer Science
  • Education

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