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• Designers of high school computer science curricula who lack the background in
computer science education research. It is important that these practitioners par-
ticipate in the workshop since any university that wishes to establish a computer
science teacher preparation program is likely to recruit them to teach some of the
courses in the program.
15.2.3
Objectives
The workshop's objectives are derived from the specific populations for which it is
designed. Specifically, the workshop participants:
• Become familiar with a typical structure of computer science teacher preparation
programs
• Become familiar with the research in computer science education
• Become reflective practitioners as educators of high school computer science
teachers
15.2.4
Structure and Contents
The proposed ECSTPP workshop comprises three consecutive stages: the Common
Ground stage, a 3-day seminar, and the Action stage. The Common Ground stage
and the Action stage take place at the participants' institutions before and after the
seminar, respectively.
15.2.4.1 Stage 1: Common Ground
The Common Ground stage has two main purposes: first, to prepare the ECSTPP
workshop participants for the seminar by increasing their awareness to meaningful
themes in high school computer science education, from both the pupil's and the
teacher's perspectives; second, to create a common knowledge basis for the work-
shop participants on high school computer science education, which will serve as
the basis for the seminar.
To achieve these purposes, the ECSTPP workshop participants are asked to com-
plete the following assignments prior to their arrival at the seminar:
• Become familiar with their national high school computer science curriculum (if
such exists) or with another high school computer science curriculum on which
they intend to base their computer science teacher preparation program.
• Spend at least 6 h in high school computer science classes (specifically, at least 3
consecutive hours in two classes) and summarize their observations and insights.
• Write a reflective essay about their own acquisition of computer science con-
cepts during their professional development.
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