Differing ways that computing academics understand teaching

Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series

Volumn 66, Issue , 2007, Pages 97-106

  Lister, Raymond ^a   Berglund, Anders ^b   Box, Ilona ^a   Cope, Chris ^c   Pears, Arnold ^b   Avram, Chris ^f   Bower, Mat ^d   Carbone, Angela ^f   Davey, Bill ⁱ   de Raadt, Michael ^e   Doyle, Bernard ^a   Fitzgerald, Sue ^g   Mannila, Linda ^h   Kutay, Cat ⁱ   Peltomäki, Mia ^j   Sheard, Judy ^f   Simon, ^k   Sutton, Ken ^l   Traynor, Des ^m   Tutty, Jodi ⁿ   Venables, Anne ^o   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ TURKU CENTRE FOR COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Finland)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^l Southern Institute of Technology Invercargill   (New Zealand)

^m NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

ⁿ CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^o VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

more..

Author keywords

Computing education; Conceptions of teaching; Phenomenography

Indexed keywords

COMPUTING EDUCATION; ENGAGING STUDENTS; PHENOMENOGRAPHY;

EDUCATION;

EID: 84869143615     PISSN: 14451336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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