Coaching for Equity in Computer Science

计算机科学公平辅导

• 批准号: 2122511
• 负责人: Jennifer Rosato
• 金额: $ 99.99万
• 依托单位: College of Saint Scholastica
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122511&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Coaching; Equity; Computer; Science

The College of St. Scholastica will study coaching within the context of computer science (CS) education, supporting the development of two coaching programs that will serve up to 36 coaches and 72 teachers. Coaching is an existing and pervasive part of the K-12 education system, however, it has not been studied significantly within the context of computer science. Computer science is a critical area of study for K-12 students for civic engagement, developing collaboration, problem solving, and creativity among others. As in other areas of education, though, there are unequal rates of access, participation, and engagement in CS learning for those historically underrepresented in computing. In general, coaching has been shown to increase the adoption and improvement of equitable teaching practices, to increase student learning outcomes, and reduce achievement gaps. The project team will create a CS coaching professional development program and share tools with the CS education community. Establishing and supporting CS coaching programs has the potential to contribute lasting and substantive work towards advancing the sustainability and equity goals of CS for all K12 students.This project will create CS coaching professional development and study the implementation of coaching within two contexts. Code Savvy’s coaching program will support Minnesota coaches and teachers focused on teaching CS content at the high school level and will involve a mix of in-person and virtual coaching. The NCCSE coaching program will focus on a nationwide virtual coaching program for teachers of the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles and Computer Science A courses. Using a mixed methods design, this project will study the impact of the coaching programs on improving teacher practice as defined by the CSTA Standards for CS Teachers. The project staff will address the following research questions: 1) how does teachers’ ability to apply CS practices and knowledge of CS concepts change as a result of the coaching process; 2) what impact does CS coaching have on teacher capacity to implement equitable teaching practices; 3) what, if any, changes to teacher practice are sustained during and after the CS coaching process; and 4) does CS coaching facilitate teacher professional growth and identity as a computer science teacher.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.

Scholastica将在计算机科学（CS）教育的背景下研究教练，支持两个教练计划的发展，将为多达36名教练和72名教师提供服务。教练是K-12教育系统中现有的和普遍的一部分，然而，它还没有在计算机科学的背景下进行过大量的研究。计算机科学是K-12学生公民参与，发展协作，解决问题和创造力的重要研究领域。然而，与其他教育领域一样，对于那些在计算领域历史上代表性不足的人来说，CS学习的访问，参与和参与率不平等。一般来说，辅导已被证明可以增加公平教学实践的采用和改进，提高学生的学习成果，并减少成绩差距。项目团队将创建CS教练专业发展计划，并与CS教育社区共享工具。建立和支持CS教练计划有可能为所有K12学生推进CS的可持续性和公平目标做出持久和实质性的工作。该项目将创建CS教练专业发展，并研究两种情况下的教练实施。Code Savvy的教练计划将支持明尼苏达州的教练和教师专注于在高中阶段教授CS内容，并将涉及面对面和虚拟教练的混合。NCCSE辅导计划将专注于为高级安置计算机科学原理和计算机科学A课程的教师提供全国性的虚拟辅导计划。本研究将采用混合方法设计，探讨辅导课程对改善教师实务的影响。本项目的工作人员将解决以下研究问题：1）教师应用CS实践的能力和CS概念的知识如何因辅导过程而改变; 2）CS辅导对教师实施公平教学实践的能力有什么影响; 3）在CS辅导过程中和之后，教师实践发生了什么变化（如果有的话）;计算机科学指导是否有助于教师的专业成长和作为计算机科学教师的身份。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。