In this episode I unpack Koshy, Martin, Hinton, Scott, Twarek, and Davis’ (2021) publication titled “The Computer Science Teacher Landscape: Results of a Nationwide Teacher Survey,” which provides recommendations for the field based on a summary of findings on teacher demographics, current challenges for CS educators, and the state of cultural relevance in CS education.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:48 Summary of the papper

01:47 My single sentence summary

02:20 Executive summary

03:16 What are the demographic backgrounds of CS teachers?

08:08 What credentials and experiences do teachers bring to CS classrooms?

12:20 What challenges do PreK-12 CS teachers face in building equitable classrooms?

19:08 To what extent are effective culturally-relevant CS teaching practices

21:54 What are the recommendations for policy and practice to support PreK-12

25:59 Lingering questions and thoughts

26:49 Outro