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The goal of project PD4CS is to establish an evidence-based professional development (PD) program to improve teachers' knowledge to teach computer science, with a special focus on the effective training of teachers having limited computer science background. This is a joint effort between Purdue University, Michigan State University, and Project Lead The Way.
The PD material was developed along three main guidelines: (i) teaching methodologies and pedagogies grounding in computer science and educational methods, (ii) knowledge of the challenges teachers face when teaching computer science with limited domain knowledge background, and (iii) responding to misconceptions and challenges students encounter in beginning computing courses. The material are aligned with the curriculum of the AP CS Principles (CSP) course.
In The News
July 2016: Dr. Aman Yadav, Dr. Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera, Debbie Hagen and Phil Sands participated in a Purdue University CS Teacher Workshop from July 25th-27th. Teachers from across Indiana and the greater Chicago area spent three days working on issues related to computational thinking and the big ideas in the CS Principle curriculum. One key focus was in sharing the materials developed through the PD4CS project.
May 2016: The PD4CS team and advisory board met on the banks of Red Cedar (aka Michigan State University) to plan next steps to expand the resources for teaching Python and educational research on its impact on teachers.
Tim Korb welcomes high school CSE teachers to the PD4CS project at PLTW Core Training sessions in Kokomo and Urbana-Champaign.
The PD4CS team
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 1502462. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
