Java Engagement for Teacher Training: An Experience Report
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Abstract
Starting with the 2003 academic year, the advanced placement (AP) exams in computer science conducted by the college board moved from a C++ to a Java based curriculum. In order to assist high school computer science teachers with the transition from C++ to Java, the ACM together with the college board conceived of Java Engagement for Teacher Training (JETT) workshops. In the Fall of 2003, Indiana University organized such a workshop. The outreach workshop was held over two days and was attended by 35 high school computer science teachers from Indiana and several nearby states. The workshop was conducted as an inter-disciplinary effort with faculty and support from Computer Science, Information Systems, Informatics, and the School of Library and Information Science. Sessions spanned the gamut of foundational concepts of object-oriented programming in Java to network games. A theme of the workshop was to address the problem of the evershrinking pipeline of women in the IT field. With this in mind, we also conducted a separate session titled “Where have all the women gone?” Judging by participant feedback, the workshop was a resounding success. This paper describes our experience in organizing the JETT workshop, the lessons learned, and outlines our plans for the future to build upon this K-16 relationshipbuilding exercise.
Index Terms — Computer Science Education, K-12 initiatives, Women in Information Technology, Teaching the art of Teaching.
I. INTRODUCTION
Each year, the college board (collegeboard.com) offers high school students two exams in computer science (termed A and AB) for advanced placement credit. Typically these exams represent the culmination of an year long AP course. The content of Computer Science A is a subset of the content of Computer Science AB. As outlined by the Advanced Placement Program: Computer Science A emphasizes the objectoriented programming methodology with a concentration on problem solving and algorithm development and is meant to be the equivalent of a first-semester college-level course in Computer Science. It also includes the study of data structures, design, and abstraction, but these topics are not covered to the extent that they are in Computer Science AB. Computer Science AB includes all the topics of Computer Science A, as well as a more formal and in-depth study of algorithms, data structures, design, and abstraction. For example, binary trees are studied in Computer Science AB but not in Computer Science A. Further details on the form and content of these AP exams are available from the Advanced Placement Program web site [1]. Starting with the 2003 academic year and the 2004 examinations, the advanced placement exams in computer science moved from a C++ to a Java based curriculum. This evolution has been motivated by the fact that most college-level introductory programming courses emphasize an object-oriented approach using Java. In order to assist high school computer science teachers with this transition from C++ to Java, the ACM together with the college board conceived of JETT: Java Engagement for Teacher Training. The immediate goal of JETT is to provide high quality pedagogically-oriented workshops and resources in Java for secondary high school computer science teachers hosted by universities. In addition, the JETT program offers all secondary computer science educators a rich, centralized, online Java repository hosted by the ACM [2]. In the Fall of 2003, Indiana University was one of the early organizers of a JETT workshop. This paper reports on our experience as well as our future plans based on the resounding success of the workshop. II. GOALS OF THE IU JETT WORKSHOP In addition to the primary goal of aiding high school teachers with the transition from a C++ based curriculum to a Java based curriculum we also had the following broader goals: _ The Information Technology (IT) field changes rapidly. The workshop will enhance the technical expertise of Indiana high school teachers, keeping them abreast of the latest developments to initiate the training of the next generation. _ IT departments in high schools are generally small and isolated. The workshop will offer high school computer science teachers from Indiana and the greater mid-west area the opportunity for a collegial experience with their peers, with University faculty and with area industry leaders. _ Many high school IT teachers have a narrow, programming-oriented view of the field.


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