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ABSTRACT

One of the meanings of the term 'engage' is "to win over, or to attract." Isn't that what we, as computer science educators, attempt to do each and every day of our teaching lives? We stand in front of, or among, a group of students, ready to convey to them our love of our chosen discipline, in the hopes that they will come to enjoy it as much as we do. Still, just the term computer science can bring visions of mathematical nightmares to the average student. Of course, we know better. We can see that much of what we do, as computer scientists, is both an art as well as a science. The question arises then as to how we can convey this synergy between the two sides of computer science to our students.

REFERENCES

• 1: McWilliams, Barry, "What is Storytelling? A Definition discussed by members of the National Storytelling Association," Online: http://www.seanet.com/~eldrbarry/roos/st_defn.htm .
• 2: California Reading Association, "Position Paper: Storytelling," Online: http://www.californiareads.org/story.htm.
• 3: Chambers, A., "Letters from England," Hornbook, 54, 340.
• 4: Joel, Wllliam, "Storytelling Techniques for Computer Science Education", Selected Paper from the 10th International Conference on College Teaching and Learning (April, 1999), 67--72.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
      K.3.2 Computer and Information Science Education

Keywords:
pedagogy, storytelling, teaching startegies