Construction of a professional perception in the "methods of teaching computer science" course

ABSTRACT

This article continues our previous manuscript, published in the December 2003 issue of inroads. Both articles address the "Methods of Teaching Computer Science in the High School" course (hence forth abbreviated MTCS). In this article we present an active learning based teaching model that can support the construction of the prospective computer science teacher's professional perception as a future computer science teacher.

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INDEX TERMS

Keywords:
active learning, computer science education, methods course, professional perception, teacher preparation