Supporting Continued Improvements to K-12 Computer Science Education

该奖项为计算机协会提供资金，以支持计算机科学教师协会（CSTA）的活动。该奖项由CISE扩大参与计算计划和CPATH计划共同资助。通过与各级教育、政府、行业和合作非营利组织的领导人合作，CSTA正在建立一个全国性的联盟，以改善K-12计算机科学教育和教学，并提高学生对计算机科学作为重要职业途径的认识。CSTA为涉及计算机教育的K-12教育提供了一个声音。中国教师协会启动了国家级项目，为教师开展研究、制定课程标准、提供专业发展、创造和传播新资源。通过这些活动，CSTA正在建立一个由个人和组织组成的社区，他们共同努力解决K-12计算机科学教育中的问题。智力上的优点在于努力将K-12计算机科学建立为一门基本的学术学科，并进行基础研究，以记录和支持K-12计算机教育作为一个可行的研究和学习领域的出现。CSTA依靠其领导者和志愿者，他们都是该领域公认的专家，开发和实施了许多影响深远的项目和倡议，这些项目和倡议巩固了这一学科，并为将计算核心整合到K-12教育中提供了智力基础。更广泛的影响在于CSTA计划对计算机教育乃至整个国家的潜在影响。在国家需要的领域培养美国的技术人才。通过与主要利益相关者的多层次合作，CSTA支持课程和教学认证标准的实施，以确保学生学习的质量和一致性。CSTA开展和传播能够促进知识从研究人员流向课堂上的实践者的研究和最佳实践。CSTA的目标和活动支持确保未被充分代表的群体更多地参与计算工作。因此，CSTA提供了广泛的项目和活动，对国家、K-12教育和计算机科学社区产生了广泛的影响。

This award provides funding to the Association for Computing Machinery for core support of the activities of the Computer Science Teacher's Association (CSTA). The award is jointly funded by the CISE Broadening Participation in Computing Program and the CPATH Program. Through collaboration with leaders from all levels of education, government, industry, and partnering non-profit organizations, the CSTA is building a nation-wide coalition to improve K-12 computer science education and teaching and to increase student awareness of computer science as an important career pathway. CSTA provides a voice to K-12 educations involved in computing education. CSTA has launched national programs to conduct research, develop curriculum standards, provide professional development, and create and disseminate new resources for teachers. Through these activities, CSTA is building a community of individuals and organizations who collectively work together to address issues in K-12 computer science education.The intellectual merit lies in the efforts to establish K-12 computer science as an essential academic discipline and to conduct fundamental research to document and support the emergence of K-12 computing education as a viable area of research and study. The CSTA relies on its leaders and volunteers, all recognized experts in the field, to develop and carry out many far-reaching programs and initiatives which solidify the discipline and provide an intellectual basis for core integration of computing into K-12 education. The broader impacts lie in the potential of the CSTA initiatives to impact computing education and thus the nation?s technological workforce in an area of national need. Through multi-level collaboration with key stakeholders, the CSTA supports the implementation of curriculum and teaching certification standards that will ensure the quality and consistency of student learning. CSTA conducts and disseminates research and best practices that can facilitate the flow of knowledge from researchers to the practitioners in the classroom. The CSTA goals and activities support ensuring greater participation of underrepresented groups in the computing workforce. Thus, CSTA offers a broad range of programs and activities that provide a broad spectrum of impact on the nation, K-12 education, and the computer science community.