TIP: Transforming Computer Science Education using 'upside down' Curriculum, Course-embedded projects, Integration with other STEM disciplines, and Peer Mentors

菲斯克大学的目标灌输项目寻求通过创新的计算机科学课程和教学技术来改变计算机科学教学，这将创造对计算机科学的认识、兴趣和成功，最终有助于美国的劳动力需求。该项目的一个主要特点是将计算机科学课程颠倒过来，这样学生将在他们的入门课程中使用最新的计算机科学工具和技术来开发现实生活中的相关产品。这与传统课程形成对比，传统课程在二年级或三年级引入令人兴奋的功能，往往为时已晚，无法留住学生在该专业的学习。项目目标是：在非专业的计算机科学课程中引入计算思维；在计算机科学专业的入门课程中引入有吸引力的工具，并促进它们在课程嵌入项目中的使用；将计算整合到计算机科学专业道路上的目标数学和物理相关课程中；利用同伴指导，在目标计算机科学、数学和物理课程中促进对计算机科学的更深入学习。除了数学和物理教师外，计算机科学系的参与表明，项目的影响将跨越多个学科。该项目将扩大目前在计算机科学和计算劳动力中任职人数不足的个人的参与。此外，教师发展、导师培训和教学技术的加强将促进计算机科学课程的持续和持续改进及其与其他相关学科的结合。项目活动包括广泛的传播努力，以提高公众的计算机科学素养。

The Targeted Infusion Project at Fisk University seeks to transform computer science teaching through an innovative computer science curriculum and pedagogical techniques that will create awareness, interest and success in computer science, ultimately contributing to the workforce needs of the U.S. A central feature of this project is to turn the computer science curriculum "upside down", so that students will use the latest computer science tools and techniques to develop real-life and relevant products in their introductory courses. This is in contrast to the traditional curriculum, where exciting features are introduced in sophomore or junior years, which is often too late to retain students in the major. Project objectives are to: introduce computational thinking in computer science courses for non-majors; introduce appealing tools in introductory courses for computer science majors, and foster their use in course-embedded projects; integrate computing into targeted mathematics and physics cognate courses in the computer science major pathway; and utilize peer mentoring to foster deeper learning of computer science in targeted computer science, mathematics, and physics courses.The involvement of computer science faculty in addition to mathematics and physics faculty in efforts to transform the computer science curriculum at Fisk University suggests that project impact will extend across multiple disciplines. The project will broaden the participation of currently underrepresented individuals in the computer science and computational workforce. Furthermore, faculty development, mentor training, and the enhancement of pedagogical techniques will promote sustained and continuous improvements of the computer science curriculum and its integration with other relevant disciplines. Project activities include broad dissemination efforts to increase public computer science literacy.