Arizona K-8 Consortium: Building Computer Science and Computational Thinking Capacity in Rural K-8 Education

该项目将建立亚利桑那州K-8联盟中心，这是一个研究人员-从业者伙伴关系(RPP)网络，将致力于将计算机科学(CS)和计算思维(CT)整合到农村和部落的K-8教育中。该中心将与从业者和研究人员合作，在亚利桑那州建立五个地区性RPP。该中心的主要作用将是在后勤方面支持区域区域合作伙伴关系(建立伙伴关系、编写赠款)，以及开发和实施一个建设地方能力的综合专业发展(PD)和专业学习社区(PLC)平台。在为期18个月的发展阶段，RPP将与该中心合作：1)评估其K-8学校CS/CT教育和PD的现状，包括CS/CT干预措施和课程以及K-8学生CS/CT评估工具，并确定需要解决的差距和问题。2)阐明在服务于服务不足、代表性不足的青年的农村学校中，高质量的CS/CT是什么样子的，3)共同设计和支持综合研究/评估研究，以解决差距和问题，以及能力建设。4)建立强大的综合PD/PLC，支持RPP设计和实施农村8年级学前班的CS和CT干预措施，以及未来向NSF CS For All K-8 Strand等项目提交的建议书。AZ K-8联盟中心的长期目标包括：a)开发一个建设当地能力的综合PD/PLC平台，以及b)农村K-8教育变革的区域合作伙伴关系模式。该中心将支持RPP探索和实施循证的K-8 CS/CT教育干预措施，帮助达到州和联邦教育标准，并与其他农村和服务不足的地区广泛分享。从这项工作中吸取的经验教训将为未来国家科学基金会所有中大型PREK-8提案的CS提供信息。项目成果包括四个农村社区合作伙伴关系计划，对亚利桑那州农村地区当前农村K-8教育工作者的CS/CT干预措施和自我效能的概述，以及围绕农村K-8学校整合CS/CT教育的联合研究路线图。该项目由CS for All：Research and RPPS计划资助。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。

This project will establish the Arizona K-8 Consortium Hub, a network of Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships (RPPs) that will work to integrate computer science (CS) and computational thinking (CT) into rural and tribal K-8 education. The Hub will work with practitioners and researchers to establish five regional RPPs across Arizona. The Hub’s primary role will be to support regional RPPs logistically (partnership building, grant writing) as well as by developing and implementing an integrated Professional Development (PD) and Professional Learning Community (PLC) platform that builds local capacity. During the 18-month development phase, RPPs will work with the Hub to: 1) Assess the current state of CS/CT education and PD in their K-8 schools, including CS/CT interventions and curriculum and K-8 student CS/CT assessment tools, and identify gaps and issues to be addressed.2) Articulate what high-quality CS/CT looks like in rural schools serving underserved, underrepresented youth, and what PD/PLC supports and work are needed to support and sustain implementation.3) Co-design and support integrated research/evaluation studies to address gaps and issues along with building capacity.4) Build strong integrated PD/PLCs that support RPPs in designing and implementing CS and CT interventions in rural preK-8 classrooms and future proposal development to the NSF CS for All program’s PreK-8 Strand, among others. The long-term goals of the AZ K-8 Consortium Hub include developing a) an integrated PD/PLC platform that builds local capacity, and b) an RPP model for transformational change in rural K-8 education. The Hub will support RPPs in exploring and implementing evidence-based K-8 CS/CT education interventions that help meet state and federal education standards and be shared widely with other rural and underserved regions. Lessons learned from this work will inform future NSF CS for All medium-and large-scale PreK-8 proposals. Project outcomes include four rural RPPs, an overview of rural Arizona's current CS/CT interventions and self-efficacy in rural K-8 educators, and a roadmap for joint research around the integration of CS/CT education in rural K-8 schools. This project is funded by the CS for All: Research and RPPs program.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.