TY - GEN
T1 - Towards a conceptualization of pedagogical content knowledge for computer science
AU - Hubwieser, Peter
AU - Mühling, Andreas
AU - Magenheim, Johannes
AU - Ruf, Alexander
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - According to the current state of research, it seems uncontroversial that the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of teachers is a crucial factor for the success of teaching and learning in the context of many school subjects. Yet, the research about PCK in the subject of computer science (CS) is still sparse. Thus, we are working on a conceptualization of PCK for computer science (CS) that is based on literature on the one hand and empirically validated on the other. As a first step towards this goal, we have developed a category system from a set of publications from general pedagogy as well as from educational research in other subjects. Additionally, we have compared this system with the outcomes of a former survey among teachers about the preparation of lessons. Currently, we are coding all curricula for teacher education in Germany with this category system and preparing interviews among experts, applying the Critical Incident Technique.
AB - According to the current state of research, it seems uncontroversial that the Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) of teachers is a crucial factor for the success of teaching and learning in the context of many school subjects. Yet, the research about PCK in the subject of computer science (CS) is still sparse. Thus, we are working on a conceptualization of PCK for computer science (CS) that is based on literature on the one hand and empirically validated on the other. As a first step towards this goal, we have developed a category system from a set of publications from general pedagogy as well as from educational research in other subjects. Additionally, we have compared this system with the outcomes of a former survey among teachers about the preparation of lessons. Currently, we are coding all curricula for teacher education in Germany with this category system and preparing interviews among experts, applying the Critical Incident Technique.
KW - Empirical validation
KW - Literature survey
KW - Pedagogical content knowledge
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883547331&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/2493394.2493395
DO - 10.1145/2493394.2493395
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883547331
SN - 9781450322430
T3 - ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - ICER 2013 - Proceedings of the 2013 ACM Conference on International Computing Education Research
T2 - 9th Annual International Computing Education Research Conference, ICER 2013
Y2 - 12 August 2013 through 14 August 2013
ER -