Computer science teacher preparation is critical

ACM Inroads

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-66

  Gal Ezer, Judith ^a   Stephenson, Chris ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b Computer Science Teachers Association ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Computer science education; Secondary level; Teacher certification

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE EDUCATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATIONS; SCIENCE TEACHERS; SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINE; SECONDARY LEVEL; TASK FORCE; TEACHER CERTIFICATION; TEACHER PREPARATION;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EDUCATION COMPUTING;

EID: 79955123655     PISSN: 21532184     EISSN: 21532192     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1721933.1721953     Document Type: Article

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