Coaching for Equity in Computer Science

计算机科学公平辅导

• 批准号: 2122511
• 负责人: Jennifer Rosato
• 金额: $ 99.99万
• 依托单位: College of Saint Scholastica
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-01-01 至 2024-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2122511&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Coaching; Equity; Computer; Science

The College of St. Scholastica will study coaching within the context of computer science (CS) education, supporting the development of two coaching programs that will serve up to 36 coaches and 72 teachers. Coaching is an existing and pervasive part of the K-12 education system, however, it has not been studied significantly within the context of computer science. Computer science is a critical area of study for K-12 students for civic engagement, developing collaboration, problem solving, and creativity among others. As in other areas of education, though, there are unequal rates of access, participation, and engagement in CS learning for those historically underrepresented in computing. In general, coaching has been shown to increase the adoption and improvement of equitable teaching practices, to increase student learning outcomes, and reduce achievement gaps. The project team will create a CS coaching professional development program and share tools with the CS education community. Establishing and supporting CS coaching programs has the potential to contribute lasting and substantive work towards advancing the sustainability and equity goals of CS for all K12 students.This project will create CS coaching professional development and study the implementation of coaching within two contexts. Code Savvy’s coaching program will support Minnesota coaches and teachers focused on teaching CS content at the high school level and will involve a mix of in-person and virtual coaching. The NCCSE coaching program will focus on a nationwide virtual coaching program for teachers of the Advanced Placement Computer Science Principles and Computer Science A courses. Using a mixed methods design, this project will study the impact of the coaching programs on improving teacher practice as defined by the CSTA Standards for CS Teachers. The project staff will address the following research questions: 1) how does teachers’ ability to apply CS practices and knowledge of CS concepts change as a result of the coaching process; 2) what impact does CS coaching have on teacher capacity to implement equitable teaching practices; 3) what, if any, changes to teacher practice are sustained during and after the CS coaching process; and 4) does CS coaching facilitate teacher professional growth and identity as a computer science teacher.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.

St. Scholastica 学院将在计算机科学 (CS) 教育背景下研究辅导，支持开发两个辅导项目，为多达 36 名教练和 72 名教师提供服务 辅导是 K-12 现有且普遍的部分。然而，在计算机科学的背景下，它还没有得到广泛的研究。计算机科学是 K-12 学生公民参与、发展协作、解决问题和创造力等方面的关键学习领域。不过，其他教育领域对于那些历史上在计算机领域代表性不足的人来说，计算机科学学习的获取、参与和参与率存在不平等。 一般来说，辅导已被证明可以增加公平教学实践的采用和改进，提高学生的学习成果，并缩小成绩差距。该项目团队将创建一个计算机科学辅导专业发展计划，并与计算机科学教育界共享工具。建立和支持计算机科学辅导计划有可能为所有 K12 学生推动计算机科学的可持续性和公平目标做出持久和实质性的工作。项目将创建CS教练专业人士Code Savvy 的教练计划将支持明尼苏达州的教练和教师专注于高中级别的 CS 内容的开发和研究，并将涉及面对面和虚拟教练的结合。该项目将采用混合方法设计，针对计算机科学原理和计算机科学 A 课程教师开展全国性虚拟辅导计划，研究辅导计划对改进计算机科学教师 CSTA 标准所定义的教师实践的影响。 .项目人员将解决以下研究问题：1) 教师应用 CS 实践和 CS 概念知识的能力如何因辅导过程而发生变化；2) CS 辅导对教师实施公平教学实践的能力有何影响；如果有的话，在计算机科学辅导过程中和之后对教师实践的改变是持续的；4）计算机科学辅导是否促进教师的专业成长和计算机科学教师的身份。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过评估被认为值得支持；利用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准。