TY - JOUR
T1 - A comprehensive survey on the status of social and professional issues in United States undergraduate computer science programs and recommendations
AU - Spradling, Carol
AU - Soh, Leen Kiat
AU - Ansorge, Charles J.
PY - 2009/9
Y1 - 2009/9
N2 - A national web-based survey was administered to 700 undergraduate computer science (CS) programs in the United States as part of a stratified random sample of 797 undergraduate CS programs. The 251 program responses (36% response rate) regarding social and professional issues are presented. This article describes the demographics of the respondents, presents results concerning whether programs teach social and professional issues, how social and professional issues are integrated, perceptions of CS faculty regarding the importance of social and professional issues, pedagogies used to teach social and professional issues, and what specific social and professional topics have been included in the CS curriculum. Additionally, we (a) provide suggestions for CS programs regarding the integration of social and professional issues into the CS curriculum, (b) suggest ways to encourage more social and professional coverage in CS programs, pedagogy, and (c) recommend what social and professional topics should be included in future CS curriculum reports.
AB - A national web-based survey was administered to 700 undergraduate computer science (CS) programs in the United States as part of a stratified random sample of 797 undergraduate CS programs. The 251 program responses (36% response rate) regarding social and professional issues are presented. This article describes the demographics of the respondents, presents results concerning whether programs teach social and professional issues, how social and professional issues are integrated, perceptions of CS faculty regarding the importance of social and professional issues, pedagogies used to teach social and professional issues, and what specific social and professional topics have been included in the CS curriculum. Additionally, we (a) provide suggestions for CS programs regarding the integration of social and professional issues into the CS curriculum, (b) suggest ways to encourage more social and professional coverage in CS programs, pedagogy, and (c) recommend what social and professional topics should be included in future CS curriculum reports.
KW - Computer science education
KW - Curriculum
KW - Social and professional issues
KW - Survey
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U2 - 10.1080/08993400903255184
DO - 10.1080/08993400903255184
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84872805219
VL - 19
SP - 137
EP - 153
JO - Computer Science Education
JF - Computer Science Education
SN - 0899-3408
IS - 3
ER -