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（TECt）：准备佛罗里达州东北部的中学教师培养计算机科学中的计算思维——以目前的合作计划为基础，准备30名教师通过专业发展（PD）和课程来教授计算机科学（CS）课程，从而获得CS的国家认证。TECt将与来自UNF、Duval县公立学校和佛罗里达州东北部STEM2中心的多个合作伙伴，以及CS教师和教育、CS和商业领域的专家合作，解决CS课程可用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毕业时通常没有任何计算机科学指导。虽然有针对CS K-12教师的州认证，但没有当地的学院或大学提供教师认证项目。因此，很少有教师能成为充分准备的计算机科学教育者，很少有学生接触到有意义的计算机科学教学。TECt将改变这种状况，在研究-从业者伙伴关系（RPP）中使用科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）生态系统框架，为这些教师教授严格的CS课程做好准备和支持。RPP将定义实践中的问题，解决整个伙伴关系中的公平问题，并实施研究，以确定TECt结构在培养高中CS教师方面的有效性。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.