Paired professional development: a methodology for continued professional development in computer science

  • Authors:

  • Walter M. Pharr;Christopher W. Starr;Caroline S. Starr

  • Affiliations:

  • College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA;College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA;College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA

  • Venue:
  • ITiCSE '09 Proceedings of the 14th annual ACM SIGCSE conference on Innovation and technology in computer science education
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

We describe a study group methodology called paired professional development (PPD) for use by faculty members for continuing education. The methodology brings exactly two colleagues together for cooperative study within a topic area over an extended period of time. Paired professional development is grounded in the practice of study groups, collaborative learning and high-impact educational practices, and is similar to pair programming in structure and benefits.