Teachers' perceptions of the value of research-based school lectures

Jonathan Black; Paul Curzon; Chrystie Myketiak; Peter W. McOwan; Laura R. Meagher

doi:10.1145/2481449.2481485

Teachers' perceptions of the value of research-based school lectures

Jonathan Black, Paul Curzon, Chrystie Myketiak, Peter W. McOwan, Laura R. Meagher

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A major challenge facing secondary schools is to encourage students to take computing courses. One approach is to invite external speakers from universities or industry to give lectures. The cs4fn project, a large UK-based initiative to enthuse students about computer science, includes this approach. Speakers from Queen Mary, University of London, visit schools to talk to students about computer science research. Our interactive talks tell engaging research-based stories on topics such as artificial intelligence and human-computer interaction as well as using magic tricks to illustrate computing principles. We asked teachers to complete post-talk surveys online; in particular we were interested in whether they believed students’ perceptions of the subject had changed. They reported that their students’ views of computer science were improved, and that they felt students were more likely to take classes in computing in the future as a result of the talk.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th workshop in primary and secondary computing education
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	ACM
Pages	145-146
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Print)	9781450317870
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/2481449.2481485
Publication status	Published - 8 Nov 2012
Event	Proceedings of the 7th workshop in primary and secondary computing education - Hamburg, Germany, 8-9 November, 2012 Duration: 8 Nov 2012 → …

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Conference	Proceedings of the 7th workshop in primary and secondary computing education
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Teachers' perceptions of the value of research-based school lectures. / Black, Jonathan; Curzon, Paul; Myketiak, Chrystie et al.
Proceedings of the 7th workshop in primary and secondary computing education. New York, NY: ACM, 2012. p. 145-146.

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