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Goode, Joanna; Margolis, Jane – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2011
This article will detail efforts to broaden participation in computing in urban schools through a comprehensive reform effort of curricular development, teacher professional development, and policy changes. Beginning with an account of the curricular development of "Exploring Computer Science", we will describe the inquiry-based research…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Urban Schools, Educational Change, Case Studies
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Bell, Tim; Andreae, Peter; Robins, Anthony – ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 2014
For many years computing in New Zealand schools was focused on teaching students how to use computers, and there was little opportunity for students to learn about programming and computer science as formal subjects. In this article we review a series of initiatives that occurred from 2007 to 2009 that led to programming and computer science being…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Science, Computer Science Education, Computer Literacy