skip to main content
article

Computer science preparation for secondary school teachers

Published:01 January 1973Publication History
Skip Abstract Section

Abstract

Computers have now become an extremely important factor in society. It is thus important that education about computers, their use, and the role they are playing in the development and functioning of society be undertaken as soon as feasible in the educational process. A logical place for this undertaking is in the secondary school or perhaps even at the junior high school level. Computers can serve the secondary teacher as an instructional tool for problem formulation and problem solution as well as for learning scientific ideas. Computers can help provide motivation for much of the work in mathematics, as well as in science and business. They can also provide the necessary tool to promote and carry out the applied and practical side of subjects, which is receiving far more realistic attention today. They thus can help the teacher combat the all too prevalent notion that mathematics and sometimes science are too theoretical. Since a well trained teacher with appropriate computer science education is the key to this educational problem, primary attention will be given to the teacher training problem. Another reason for this emphasis is that not enough is being done in our colleges currently. It is hoped that this presentation will call attention to this need and help motivate educators to further action to solve the problem in the teacher training area, which in turn will take care of the problem in the secondary school itself.

References

  1. 1 Darby, Charles A., Jr., Korotkin, Arthur L., and Romashko, Tania, Survey of Computing Activities in Secondary Schools, Final Report of American Institutes for Research (AIR), Washington, D.C., Oct. 1970.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  2. 2 American Federation of Information Processing Societies, Inc. (AFIPS) Headquarters, 210 Summit AVenue, Montvale, New Jersey 07645Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  3. 3 International Federation for Information Processing (IFIP) P.O.B. 311, 1211 Geneva 11, Switzerland.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  4. 4 Hoffman, Albrecht, Atchison, Charp, and Forsythe, Computers for School Mathematics, The Mathematics Teacher, May 1965, 393-401Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  5. 5 Stenberg, W.B. and Walker, R.J., Calculus, A Computer Oriented Presentation, produced by The Center for Research in College Instruction of Science and Mathematics (CRICISAM) Florida State University.Google ScholarGoogle Scholar
  6. 6 Minsky, Marvin, Form and Computer Science, Journal of The Association for Computing Machinery, April 1970, 197-215 Google ScholarGoogle ScholarDigital LibraryDigital Library
  7. 7 Begle, E.G., Atchison, W.F., Charp, S., Dorn, W.S., Johnson, D.C., Schwartz, J.T., Recommendations Regarding Computers in High School Education, prepared by the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences Committee on Computer Education (with the support of NSF) April 1972, 1-27Google ScholarGoogle Scholar

Index Terms

  1. Computer science preparation for secondary school teachers

    Recommendations

    Comments

    Login options

    Check if you have access through your login credentials or your institution to get full access on this article.

    Sign in

    Full Access

    • Published in

      cover image ACM SIGCSE Bulletin
      ACM SIGCSE Bulletin  Volume 5, Issue 1
      Proceedings of the 3rd SIGCSE symposium on Computer science education
      February 1973
      171 pages
      ISSN:0097-8418
      DOI:10.1145/953053
      Issue’s Table of Contents
      • cover image ACM Conferences
        SIGCSE '73: Proceedings of the third SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
        January 1973
        185 pages
        ISBN:9781450373753
        DOI:10.1145/800010

      Copyright © 1973 ACM

      Publisher

      Association for Computing Machinery

      New York, NY, United States

      Publication History

      • Published: 1 January 1973

      Check for updates

      Qualifiers

      • article
    About Cookies On This Site

    We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website.

    Learn more

    Got it!