High School Computer Science Teacher Preparation Programs - Guide to Teaching Computer Science: An Activity-Based Approach - page 269

Table 15.1 The schedule of the ECSTPP seminar
# Topic Layer

1 Gathering, introduction and creating a community of learners 1—Introduction

2 Structure of a computer science teacher preparation program 1—Introduction

3 The MTCS course—Part 1 2—MTCS course

4 Introduction to research in computer science education 4—CSE research

5 The MTCS course—Part 2 2—MTCS course

6 The MTCS course—Part 3 2—MTCS course

7 Research methods in computer science education 4—CSE research

8 The practicum—Part 1 3—Practicum

9 A reflective practitioner's perspective of computer science

education

4—CSE research

10 The practicum—Part 2 3—Practicum

11 Action research 4—CSE research

12 Launching the action stage of the workshop Integration of the four

layers

The forum enables participants to share their experience, to learn from each oth-
er's experience, and to discuss problems they encounter during the establishment
of the computer science teacher preparation program in their own universities.

15.2.5 ECSTPP Workshop—Summary

The ECSTPP Workshop focuses on the construction of computer science teacher
preparation programs. The purpose of the workshop is to enable its participants to
return to their respective institutions with the basic knowledge needed to start this
construction process. Such a workshop has the potential to help initiate the con-
struction of computer science teacher preparation programs that, in turn, according
to the model presented in Sect. 15.1, may foster the creation of the needed infra-
structure for high school computer science education on a national level.

15.3 Computer Science Teaching as an Additional Profession

This section presents a new approach towards computer science teaching that pro-
poses a solution to three social phenomena: (a) The shortage in science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) teachers, especially on the high school level,
that many western countries experience, (b) people desire to contribute to the soci-
ety; and finally, (c) the structure of the work force which enables professionals, who
wish to change their career, to start a new one at the age of 40+ .
In what follows we briefly describe a program that implements this approach
(more details can be found in Hazzan and Ragonis 2014 ). The program is offered