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The network of teaching excellence in computer science and master teachers

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Simon Humphreys,

Mark DorlingAuthors Info & Claims

WiPSCE '14: Proceedings of the 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

Pages 80 - 88

https://doi.org/10.1145/2670757.2670789

Published: 05 November 2014 Publication History

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The current focus on computer science in the school curriculum in many countries has led to concerns about how teachers will manage this change and rise to the challenge of the new curriculum. In-service teachers have a need for professional development in computer science, both to develop their subject knowledge and their pedagogical skills.

Computing at School (CAS) has established a professional development programme called the Network of Teaching Excellence in Computer Science (NoE) to support the Computing curriculum changes in England. This programme use a model of training "Master Teachers", who are teachers with expertise in computer science as well as skills to impart this to other teachers; this model focuses on local, face-to-face, peer-to-peer delivery. Master Teachers run professional development sessions in their own schools at low cost, and offer support to their local community of teachers. The vision is that any teacher who needs to develop their skills in computer science has access to a particular individual with expertise who can support them. This paper describes the impact of the first full year of this programme on the computer science subject knowledge of teachers who have worked with Master Teachers.

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    1. Computing education
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WiPSCE '14: Proceedings of the 9th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education

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DOI:10.1145/2670757

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Aarhus University
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The Open University Israel

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