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

普渡大学与SageFox咨询集团有限责任公司合作，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学校迅速采用新的计算机科学课程，本科计算机科学入学人数激增，计算机科学教育（CSE）研究越来越多地被要求指导课程和教学法的决策。为了使CSE发展成为一门学科，CS和教育部门之间的新合作对于培养未来的CSE研究人员至关重要，包括课程、研究生项目、学生和教师指导以及联合研究工作。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员任命。在国家层面上，这可能需要新形式的基础设施来支持那些数量或资源有限的校园。本项目旨在确定(1)从事CSE研究的研究生的职业道路和支持、培训和指导需求；(2)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活跃的CSE研究项目的个人和项目开始。根据社区调查和访谈的反馈和评估，包括CSE研究生和他们的导师，该项目将建立一个连接学习社区（CLC），目标是连接、授权和指导教育和计算机研究生。CLC的原型设计也将作为更好地理解CSE研究生需求的工具，并开发新的途径来支持他们。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。

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.