TY - GEN
T1 - An International Pilot Study of K-12 Teachers' Computer Science Self-Esteem
AU - Vivian, Rebecca
AU - Quille, Keith
AU - Mcgill, Monica M.
AU - Falkner, Katrina
AU - Sentance, Sue
AU - Barksdale, Sarah
AU - Busuttil, Leonard
AU - Cole, Elizabeth
AU - Liebe, Christine
AU - Maiorana, Francesco
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 ACM.
PY - 2020/6/15
Y1 - 2020/6/15
N2 - Computer Science (CS) is a new subject area for many K-12 teachers around the world, requiring new disciplinary knowledge and skills. Teacher social-behavioral factors (e.g. self-esteem) have been found to impact learning and teaching, and a key part of CS curriculum implementation will need to ensure teachers feel confident to deliver CS. However, studies about CS teacher self-esteem are lacking. This paper presents an analysis of publicly available data (n=219) from a pilot study using a Teacher CS Self-Esteem scale. Analysis revealed significant differences, including 1) females reported significantly lower CS self-esteem than males, 2) primary teachers reported lower levels of CS self-esteem than secondary teachers, 3) those with no CS teaching experience reported significantly lower CS self-esteem, 4) teachers with 0-3 years experience had a negative CS self-esteem, but after four years, teachers had a positive CS self-esteem, and 5) teachers who lived further from metropolitan areas and in some countries reported lower CS self-esteem. These initial findings suggest a pressing need for future research to look further into teacher CS self-esteem to inform teacher CS professional development.
AB - Computer Science (CS) is a new subject area for many K-12 teachers around the world, requiring new disciplinary knowledge and skills. Teacher social-behavioral factors (e.g. self-esteem) have been found to impact learning and teaching, and a key part of CS curriculum implementation will need to ensure teachers feel confident to deliver CS. However, studies about CS teacher self-esteem are lacking. This paper presents an analysis of publicly available data (n=219) from a pilot study using a Teacher CS Self-Esteem scale. Analysis revealed significant differences, including 1) females reported significantly lower CS self-esteem than males, 2) primary teachers reported lower levels of CS self-esteem than secondary teachers, 3) those with no CS teaching experience reported significantly lower CS self-esteem, 4) teachers with 0-3 years experience had a negative CS self-esteem, but after four years, teachers had a positive CS self-esteem, and 5) teachers who lived further from metropolitan areas and in some countries reported lower CS self-esteem. These initial findings suggest a pressing need for future research to look further into teacher CS self-esteem to inform teacher CS professional development.
KW - Computer Science Education
KW - K-12 Teachers
KW - Self-esteem
KW - Teachers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85086432060&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/3341525.3387418
DO - 10.1145/3341525.3387418
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85086432060
T3 - Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE
SP - 117
EP - 123
BT - ITiCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education
PB - Association for Computing Machinery
T2 - 25th ACM Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE 2020
Y2 - 15 June 2020 through 19 June 2020
ER -