TECt: Preparing Northeast Florida's Secondary Teachers to Foster Computational Thinking in Computer Science

北佛罗里达大学(UNF)将实施教师增强计算思维(TIP)：为佛罗里达东北部的中学教师培养计算机科学计算思维做准备--在当前合作倡议的基础上，通过专业发展(PD)和获得州计算机科学认证的课程工作，为30名教师准备教授计算机科学(CS)课程。Test将邀请来自联合国基金会、杜瓦尔县公立学校和佛罗里达东北部STEM2中心的多个合作伙伴，以及计算机科学教师和教育、计算机科学和商业方面的专家，解决计算机科学课程可获得性和可及性方面的差距。佛罗里达州东北部杜瓦尔县的高中生通常在没有任何CS指导的情况下毕业。虽然CS K-12教师有州认证，但当地没有学院或大学提供教师认证课程。因此，很少有教师能够成为做好充分准备的计算机科学教育者，也很少有学生接触到有意义的计算机科学教学。Test将改变这一状况，在研究-实践者伙伴关系(RPP)中使用科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)生态系统框架来准备和支持这些教师教授严格的CS课程。RPP将定义实践问题，解决整个合作伙伴关系中的公平问题，并实施研究以确定PRECT结构在培养高中CS教师方面的有效性。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The University of North Florida (UNF) will implement Teachers Enhancing Computational Thinking (TECt): Preparing Northeast Florida's Secondary Teachers to Foster Computational Thinking in Computer Science -- to build on current collaborative initiatives to prepare 30 teachers to teach computer science (CS) courses through professional development (PD) and coursework leading to state certification in CS. TECt will engage multiple partners from UNF, Duval County Public Schools, and the Northeast Florida STEM2 Hub, along with CS teachers and experts in education, CS and business in addressing the gap in the availability and access to CS courses. High school students in Duval County in northeast Florida typically graduate without any CS instruction. Although a state certification exists for CS K-12 instructors, no local colleges or universities offer teacher certification programs. As a result, few teachers can become fully prepared CS educators, and few students are exposed to meaningful computer science instruction. TECt will change that, using a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Ecosystems framework within a Research-Practitioner Partnership (RPP) to prepare and support these teachers in teaching rigorous CS courses. The RPP will define the problems of practice, address equity throughout the partnership, and implement research to determine the effectiveness of the TECt structure in preparing high school CS teachers.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.