Title
Computer science education in Peru: A new kind of monster?
Date Issued
25 June 2009
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Publisher(s)
Sociedad Peruana de Computación
Abstract
Peruvian law requires that prospective school teachers be graduates of institutions which focus on preparing them into the pedagogical aspects of teaching. Unfortunately in the area of computing we believe that the prospective teachers do not receive enough subject specific training. In addition, the legal requirement means that CS graduates, without teaching qualifications, are disadvantaged if they attempt to become teachers. The result is that computer science education in high schools has become sterile and uninteresting. We provide an analysis of the academic status of these future teachers, with recommendations geared towards academic and curricular change in this area.
Start page
86
End page
89
Volume
41
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación Educación general (incluye capacitación, pedadogía)
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-78651546988
Source
SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads
ISSN of the container
10963936
Conference
SIGCSE Bulletin Inroads
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