TY - GEN
T1 - Identification of the emergent leaders within a CSE professional development program
AU - Reding, Tracie Evans
AU - Dorn, Brian
AU - Grandgenett, Neal
AU - Siy, Harvey
AU - Youn, Jon
AU - Zhu, Quiming
AU - Engelmann, Carol
N1 - Funding Information:
This work is funded in part by the National Science Foundation under grant DRL-1433788. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 ACM.
PY - 2016/10/13
Y1 - 2016/10/13
N2 - The need for high quality, sustainable Computer Science Education (CSE) professional development (PD) at the grades K-12 level is essential to the success of the global CSE initiatives. This study investigates the use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to identify emergent teacher leaders within a high quality CSE PD program. The CSE PD program was designed and implemented through collaboration between the computer science and teacher education units at a Midwestern metropolitan university in North America. A unique feature of this specific program is in the intentional development of a social network. This study discusses the importance of social networks, the development of social capital, and its impact on the sustainability of the goals of the CSE PD program. The role of emergent teacher leaders in the development of the social capital of the CSE PD cohort is investigated using SNA techniques. The cohort consisted of 16 in-service teachers in grades 6-12 representing seven districts and four distinct content areas. The instruments used involved a questionnaire and the results of a CSE PD program online course. The findings suggest a correlation between the emergent teacher leaders, the online course results, and the overall cohort social capital. Future uses of SNA within professional development programs are also discussed.
AB - The need for high quality, sustainable Computer Science Education (CSE) professional development (PD) at the grades K-12 level is essential to the success of the global CSE initiatives. This study investigates the use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to identify emergent teacher leaders within a high quality CSE PD program. The CSE PD program was designed and implemented through collaboration between the computer science and teacher education units at a Midwestern metropolitan university in North America. A unique feature of this specific program is in the intentional development of a social network. This study discusses the importance of social networks, the development of social capital, and its impact on the sustainability of the goals of the CSE PD program. The role of emergent teacher leaders in the development of the social capital of the CSE PD cohort is investigated using SNA techniques. The cohort consisted of 16 in-service teachers in grades 6-12 representing seven districts and four distinct content areas. The instruments used involved a questionnaire and the results of a CSE PD program online course. The findings suggest a correlation between the emergent teacher leaders, the online course results, and the overall cohort social capital. Future uses of SNA within professional development programs are also discussed.
KW - Social capital
KW - Social network analysis
KW - Sustainable professional development
KW - Teacher leaders
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U2 - 10.1145/2978249.2978254
DO - 10.1145/2978249.2978254
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84994285740
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 37
EP - 44
BT - WiPSCE 2016 - Proceedings of the 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education
A2 - Vahrenhold, Jan
A2 - Barendsen, Erik
A2 - Barendsen, Erik
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 11th Workshop in Primary and Secondary Computing Education, WiPSCE 2016
Y2 - 13 October 2016 through 15 October 2016
ER -