Paper Info
Title
Historical perspectives on the computing curriculum (report of the ITiCSE '97 working group on historical perspectives in computing education)
Abstract
innovations in curriculum or pedagogy. Computing has become a diverse and multi-faceted discipline. It is imperative that computing curricula evolve so that they will effectively convey this breadth. An awareness of the societal implications of computing must also be at the core of all computing curricula. Furthermore, we observe that new computing curricula must be responsive to change, that pedagogy must be informed by reasoned judgment, and that educators function as reflective practitioners. This requires educators to respond appropriately to market pressures and technological innovations. This paper investigates some of the components of the discipline’s evolving computing curricula from a variety of historical perspectives. Many institutions, departments, and programs of study introduce innovations into the computing curriculum on a trialand-error basis. In doing so, they learn which innovations are useful and which are not. However, in the haste to do something new or adopt some current fad, educators sometimes overlook adverse impacts of the innovations. Computing breakthroughs, when applied without the proper balance of idea versus application, can be costly. This paper reflects the exchange of ideas among educators on how innovations affect the computing curriculum and classroom. It focuses primarily on the broad philosophical issues of a computing curriculum. The working group members identified and evaluated the status and trends of the computing curriculum. Historical facts and research findings were used to delineate the negative and positive aspects of an innovation. The members of the working group engaged in a pedagogic dialog on the topics researched. They focused their thinking toward the curricular issues and arrived at a consensus toward each issue. The working group achieved its goal to produce a document that would serve as a starting point for a discussion or project that includes innovations in the computing curriculum.
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1145/266057.266119
The supplemental proceedings of the conference on Integrating technology into computer science education: working group reports and supplemental proceedings
Keywords
Field
DocType
computing curriculum,historical perspective,working group
Computer science,Knowledge management,Curriculum,Pedagogy
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
1-58113-012-0
6
0.86
References 
Authors
33
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Michael Goldweber124447.17
John Impagliazzo224368.38
Iouri A. Bogoiavlenski371.26
A. G. Clear471.29
Gordon Davies5165.83
Hans Flack660.86
J. Paul Myers7172.84
Richard Rasala811534.94