Collaborative Research: EAGER: Growing Computer Science Education as a Discipline: Pathways to PhDs

普渡大学与SageFox Consulting Group LLC合作，提出了一个探索性项目，研究计算机科学(CS)教育博士生的职业道路以及确保学生成功所需的支持。随着K-12学校迅速采用新的CS课程，本科CS入学人数激增，CS教育(CSE)研究越来越多地被要求指导课程和教学决策。为了将CSE发展为一门学术学科，CS和教育部门之间的新合作对于培养未来CSE研究人员在课程、研究生课程、对学生和教师的指导以及联合研究工作方面至关重要。在机构层面，这可能表现为计算机科学家和教育工作者开发新的联合学位课程和教师任命。在国家层面上，这可能需要新形式的基础设施来支持那些在临界质量或资源有限的校园里的人。该项目旨在确定(1)研究生从事CSE研究的职业道路和支持、培训和指导需求，以及(2)能够在机构和国家层面支持从事CSE研究的研究生的学术模式。这项工作将从确定学术机构中拥有活跃的CSE研究项目的个人和项目开始。基于社区调查和访谈的反馈和评估，包括CSE研究生和他们的顾问，该项目将建立一个互联学习社区(CLC)，目标是连接、授权和指导教育和计算研究生。CLC的原型也将成为更好地了解CSE研究生的需求并开发支持他们的新途径的工具。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。

Purdue University, in collaboration with SageFox Consulting Group LLC, proposes an exploratory project to study career pathways for PhD students in Computer Science (CS) Education and the support needed to ensure the success of the students. As K-12 schools rapidly adopt new CS curricula, and undergraduate CS enrollments skyrocket, CS Education (CSE) research is increasingly called upon to guide decisions on curricula and pedagogy. To grow CSE as an academic discipline, new collaborations between CS and Education departments are crucial in the preparation of future CSE researchers with respect to courses, graduate programs, mentoring for students and faculty, and joint research efforts. At the institutional level this may be manifested by computer scientists and educators developing new joint degree programs and faculty appointments. At the national level, this may require new forms of infrastructure supportive of those on campuses where critical mass or resources are limited. This project aims to identify (1) career pathways and support, training, and mentoring needs for graduate students in CSE research, and (2) academic models that can support graduate students engaged in CSE research, at the institutional and national levels. The effort will start by identifying individuals and programs at academic institutions with active CSE research projects. Based on the feedback and assessment of community surveys and interviews, including CSE graduate students and their advisers, the project will build a Connected Learning Community (CLC) with the goal of connecting, empowering, and mentoring education and computing graduate students. Prototyping the CLC will also serve as a vehicle for better understanding the needs of the CSE graduate students and developing new pathways to support them.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.