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Understanding Pre-service and Elementary Teacher Assets and Developing Tools to Support Computer Science Integration316 views
Author
Bredder, Eric, Education - School of Education and Human Development, University of Virginia0000-0002-1638-2299
Advisors
Bredder, Eric, ED-CISE, University of Virginia
Abstract
This three paper dissertation identifies methods to support teacher learning in computer science through survey design, equitable access, and tool design. The first paper provides results from confirmatory factor analysis on a survey instrument that helps identify pre-service teacher self-efficacy learning computer science in a teacher education course. The second paper focuses on identifying assets from Black, female teachers in a researcher-practitioner partnership professional learning setting surrounding computer science using the community cultural wealth framework. The third paper builds on the work from the previous papers and outlines the design of a low-cost, open-source, multilingual robotics platform using the educational robotics application framework and participatory design research methods.
Degree
PHD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Keywords
robotics; teacher professional learning; researcher-practitioner partnership; computer science; cultural competence
Bredder, Eric. Understanding Pre-service and Elementary Teacher Assets and Developing Tools to Support Computer Science Integration. University of Virginia, Education - School of Education and Human Development, PHD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2024-07-26, https://doi.org/10.18130/ma4f-j461.
