Problem solving in community: a necessary shift in cs pedagogy

Authors:
Sarah Monisha Pulimood;Ursula Wolz
Affiliations:
The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA;The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 39th SIGCSE technical symposium on Computer science education
Year:
2008

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Abstract

Supporting a workforce that can create, not simply consume, computing technology requires a shift in pedagogy toward problem solving in a gender neutral, culturally and ethnically diverse community. It requires an authentic learning environment in which students solve real problems as a collaborative community with their peers from other disciplines. We report on three pedagogical approaches, namely student selected projects in a CS course, a multidisciplinary project-based course, and courses that partner across disciplines that provide on-demand content.