TY - GEN
T1 - What makes CS teachers change? Factors influencing CS teachers' adoption of curriculum innovations
AU - Ni, Lijun
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Computer Science (CS) education researchers hope their research has real impact on teaching practices. Developers of innovative curricula and tools for CS education want teachers to adopt their new approaches. What convinces a CS teacher to change and adopt something new-or not? This paper explores factors that influence CS teachers' adoption and change. We studied our workshop participants to determine factors influencing their decision on whether to adopt a new CS curriculum. The results from our study indicate that multiple factors, some surprising, influence CS teachers' adoption. Our findings suggest that teacher excitement in a new approach drives adoption, while more organizational or social issues inhibit adoption.
AB - Computer Science (CS) education researchers hope their research has real impact on teaching practices. Developers of innovative curricula and tools for CS education want teachers to adopt their new approaches. What convinces a CS teacher to change and adopt something new-or not? This paper explores factors that influence CS teachers' adoption and change. We studied our workshop participants to determine factors influencing their decision on whether to adopt a new CS curriculum. The results from our study indicate that multiple factors, some surprising, influence CS teachers' adoption. Our findings suggest that teacher excitement in a new approach drives adoption, while more organizational or social issues inhibit adoption.
KW - Adoption factors
KW - CS teacher
KW - Computer Science education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/77952214140
U2 - 10.1145/1508865.1509051
DO - 10.1145/1508865.1509051
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9781605585048
T3 - SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
SP - 544
EP - 548
BT - SIGCSE'09 - Proceedings of the 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education
T2 - 40th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2009
Y2 - 4 March 2009 through 7 March 2009
ER -