ERIC Number: EJ1328496
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2021
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ISSN: EISSN-1528-5804
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Leveraging Virtual Professional Development to Build Computational Thinking Literacies in English Language Arts Classrooms
Jocius, Robin; O'Byrne, Ian; Blanton, Melanie; Albert, Jennifer; Joshi, Deepti; Robinson, Richard; Andrews, Ashley
Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), v21 n4 2021
This article describes the Infusing Computing project, a 4-year study designed to support middle and high school teachers in infusing computational thinking (CT) into their disciplinary teaching. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, weeklong workshops held in summer 2020 were shifted to a virtual format and utilized emerging technology tools, synchronous and asynchronous sessions, explicit collaborative scaffolds, networking, and digital badging. Specifically, this study examined the experiences of English language arts (ELA) teachers (14 middle school, 13 high school) who participated in the virtual Infusing Computing workshops. Findings demonstrated that ELA teachers were able to leverage learning successfully from virtual PD to infuse CT into existing curricula, although teachers differed in the ways that they appropriated and adapted pedagogical tools for CT infusion.
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Faculty Development, Pandemics, COVID-19, English Teachers, Language Arts, Middle School Teachers, High School Teachers, Computer Simulation, Teacher Workshops, Thinking Skills, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Teaching Methods, English Instruction, Online Courses, Networks, Educational Technology
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. P.O. Box 719, Waynesville, NC 28786. Fax: 828-246-9557; Web site: http://www.citejournal.org/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; High Schools
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 1742332; 1742351