Teaching Computing: A Practitioner's Perspective [Kõva köide]

Teaching can be very intimidating for beginning faculty. Some graduate schools and some computing faculty provide guidance and mentoring, but many do not. Often, a new faculty member is assigned to teach a course and then left on his or her own to put the course together. The new faculty may have to construct the course with little input, experience, or feedback. Teaching Computing: A Practitioner’s Perspective addresses these issues by providing a solid resource for both new and experienced computing faculty. The book serves as a practical, easy-to-use resource, covering a wide range of topics in a collection of focused down-to-earth chapters.Based on the authors’ extensive teaching experience and the teaching-oriented columns he has written for the past 20 years, the book provides numerous elements that are designed to connect with teaching practitioners, including:A wide range of teaching topics and basic elements of teaching, including tips and techniquesPractical tone; the book serves as a down-to-earth practitioners’ guideShort, focused chaptersCoherent and convenient organizationMix of general educational perspectives and computing-specific elementsConnections between teaching in general and teaching computingBoth historical and contemporary perspectivesThis book will present practical approaches, tips, and techniques that will provide a strong starting place for new computing faculty, or seasoned faculty who wish to freshen up their own teaching.