Questions tagged [social-context]
This tag is appropriate for issues relating to teaching the social context of computing. Questions about how education issues fit into, and can affect, the wider social climate are also appropriate.
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In general, How's a computer science subject taught in Best Universities of the World that are not MIT level?
This has me curious. I say not MIT level because their students are already exceptional, which is very difficult situation to recreate. I, being from Nepal want to quit my job to start a new job as a ...
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Teaching with changing dependencies
I'm a mathematics professor tasked with teaching a computer graphics course in the spring. I decided to teach something very project-based using Javascript and THREE.js, based on my familiarity and ...
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Computer Science in the Waldorf curriculum
How should computer science, software engineering or ICT be integrated into the Waldorf curriculum?
Steiner-Waldorf education derives from the anthroposophical philosophy of Rudolf Steiner, and ...
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Methods for engaging students when teaching unpopular or unfashionable topics
The world is full of computing technologies that have been put to productive use but may be unpopular or unfashionable with students today due to their complexity, their lack of support, limited ...
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How do I teach about inequity in computing resources?
What activities, and with what resources, are effective for students to learn about the status and consequences of inequities in computing resources?
Activities could address inequities within a ...
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Why did interest in CS majors plummet in the United States after the mid-80s?
As shown by the following graph, the percentage of U.S. college students earning bachelor's degrees in CS peaked in 1986, with the percent of freshmen planning to major in CS peaking for the classes ...
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Why did the percentage of CS bachelor's degrees going to women peak in 1984?
As shown by the following graph, the percentage of bachelor's degrees going to women in the US has increased over time in almost every major, with the dramatic exception of CS, which peaked in 1984 at ...
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Advances in CS appropriate for CS1 and CS2 made by female computer scientists
Over the course of the CS major at my school, especially in years two and three (roughly equivalent to years 1 and 2 at a university), as I introduce my students to significant advances in Computer ...
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How do I teach ethics in hacking?
I teach a course on hacking every other year. It's a very difficult class, and it only attracts kids who are really enthusiastic about delving deep into the bowels of ...
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How to avoid getting emotionally attached to my students' projects?
I run a workshop with a few students. They often do large projects alone that they inevitably run into trouble with. That's completely normal, it's why they need some help in the workshop.
As the ...
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What are the merits of including the history of computers in the entry level curriculum?
Should some portion of introductory CS curriculum include something about the history of computers, especially with respect to Moore's law and what that might imply about the growth of computing power?...
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Best Practices / Effective Strategies For Building Diversity In High School CS Programs
What works for building programs that are accessible to "non-traditional" CS students and which help to support the students so that they enjoy the class, start seeing themselves as "CS types," and ...
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