Investigating the Effectiveness of Boot Camps in Developing a Diverse Software Development Workforce

调查训练营在培养多元化软件开发人员队伍方面的有效性

• 批准号: 1561705
• 负责人: James Bowring
• 金额: $ 17.95万
• 依托单位: College of Charleston
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-05-01 至 2019-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1561705&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Investigating; Effectiveness; Boot; Camps; Developing

ETR Associates and the College of Charleston will conduct a collaborative research project that is designed to increase diversity in computer science by exploring whether boot camps build students' adaptive expertise and how the actual preparation aligns with computing workforce expectations for knowledge and competencies. The study will be conducted in Silicon Valley in California and Silicon Harbor in South Carolina and will yield (1) models of the attributes of effective software developers from the perspective of universities, coding boot campus, and software development companies; (2) a conceptual framework of how software development workforce needs align with training preparation, and how variations in the preparation of adaptive expertise can inform efforts to broaden participation; and (3) longitudinal case studies of students from underrepresented groups from the two types of training settings. The results will inform researchers, educators, and employers about the knowledge and coursework necessary to develop adaptive software developers who are prepared for the computer science workforce.The researchers will use a three-phase mixed-methods approach to investigate the following research questions: (1) What kinds of software development learning opportunities are offered by undergraduate programs? What kinds are offered at coding boot camps? (2) How well do the different training settings align with regional software development industry needs? and (3) What kinds of learners are attracted to the different learning opportunities and why? They will triangulate the findings across multiple data sources, follow a tested process for developing a conceptual framework, and use a rigorous set of procedures for analysis. Data will include surveys, interviews, and focus groups. This project is supported by NSF's EHR Core Research (ECR) program. The ECR program emphasizes fundamental STEM education research that generates foundational knowledge in three thematic areas: STEM learning and learning environments, broadening participation, and STEM workforce development.

ETR Associates和查尔斯顿学院将开展一项合作研究项目，旨在通过探索新兵训练营是否能培养学生的适应性专业知识，以及实际准备工作如何与计算机劳动力对知识和能力的期望保持一致，从而增加计算机科学的多样性。该研究将在加利福尼亚的硅谷和南卡罗来纳的硅港进行，并将产生(1)从大学、编码引导校园和软件开发公司的角度出发的有效软件开发人员属性模型；(2)关于软件开发劳动力需求如何与培训准备保持一致的概念框架，以及适应性专业知识准备中的变化如何通知扩大参与的努力；(3)对来自两种培训环境中代表性不足群体的学生进行纵向案例研究。结果将告知研究人员、教育工作者和雇主关于培养适应计算机科学工作的软件开发人员所必需的知识和课程。研究人员将使用三阶段混合方法的方法来调查以下研究问题：(1)本科课程提供什么样的软件开发学习机会？编程训练营提供哪些课程？(2)不同的培训设置与区域软件开发行业需求的契合程度如何？(3)什么样的学习者被不同的学习机会所吸引，为什么？他们将对多个数据源中的发现进行三角测量，遵循经过测试的流程来开发概念框架，并使用一套严格的程序进行分析。数据将包括调查、访谈和焦点小组。本项目由美国国家科学基金会EHR核心研究（ECR）项目支持。ECR项目强调基础STEM教育研究，在三个主题领域产生基础知识：STEM学习和学习环境，扩大参与和STEM劳动力发展。