Addressing the All in CSforAll
Strategies for Effective and Inclusive CS Teaching, the latest online course from WeTeach_CS, is designed to give teachers the insight, skills, and strategies necessary to create equitable computer science programs, inside and out of the traditional classroom. As participants move through the course, they will not only define equity, but also learn about how computer science and computational thinking can be a vehicle for exploring issues of personal relevance and social justice for students in their school. Participants will then leave the course with a plan for action, created during the course, that they can use to put the skills and strategies they’ve learned to immediate use in their school or community. Register Today!
About the course
The purpose of this course is to support your efforts, as a computer science teacher or related stakeholder, to develop the insight, resources, and skills necessary to move computer science education into the forefront of your school and communities’ priorities. Completing this course will give you the understanding and methodology necessary to evolve your computer science teaching, both content and pedagogy, and to be equitable and inclusive for all students – regardless of their ethnicity, socioeconomic status, or gender preferences. In addition, you will gain an understanding of the factors influencing how and why we must reach the students that need computer science the most.
Since the content addresses sensitive topics on equity, diversity, inclusion, prejudice, and social justice, the course makes use of a combination of online content and activities, interactive discussion boards, and supplemental live meetings (in person or online) with your own Professional Learning Cohort. This creates opportunities to share thoughts, feedback, and constructive criticism in a format that is most comfortable for you. Further, the course uses “in the field” activities, such as classroom observation and practical implementation, to enhance the learning experience and ensure your ability to apply the concepts and techniques throughout the course. Each participant will complete the course by producing a working action plan as culmination of the learning experience.
Details
- Course Type – Online, facilitated course
- Course Begins – March 19, 2018
- Class Time – 4 hours per week for 6 weeks
- CPE Credit – 24 hours
- Cost – $149
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What You’ll Learn
- How to define equity and the related issues that impact its realization
- How to develop the skills to advocate for computer science
- How to use computer science and computational thinking as a vehicle for exploring issues of personal relevance and social justice
- How to explore and understand our own unconscious biases, beliefs, and stereotypes that can influence our teaching, student recruiting, and interactions with other stakeholders
- How to navigate program and material selection, while using specific strategies to establish equity and self-esteem among different populations
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