New Directions for Computing Education Embedding Computing Across Di

Why should every student take a computing course? What should be the content of these courses? How should they be taught, and by whom? This book addresses these questions by identifying the broader reaches of computing education, problem-solving and criti

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ew Directions for Computing Education Embedding Computing Across Disciplines

New Directions for Computing Education

Samuel B. Fee Amanda M. Holland-Minkley Thomas E. Lombardi •

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New Directions for Computing Education Embedding Computing Across Disciplines

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Editors Samuel B. Fee Department of Computing and Information Studies Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA USA Amanda M. Holland-Minkley Department of Computing and Information Studies Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA USA

ISBN 978-3-319-54225-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-54226-3

Thomas E. Lombardi Department of Computing and Information Studies Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA USA and University of the Virgin Islands St. Thomas, VI USA

ISBN 978-3-319-54226-3

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Preface

In recent years, the conversation regarding interdisciplinary computing has moved beyond the boundaries of Computer Science and its related fields, such as Information Technology, Information Systems, and Software Engineering. It now ranges across all fields in academia, from the arts and humanities to the social and natural sciences. This volume has grown out of collaborative work with colleagues across this broad spectrum of disciplines. It originates in conversations hosted by professional organizations related to computing and education (including most notably SIGSCE, the special interest group for computer science education within the Association for Computing Machinery), in multi-disciplinary workshops on the topic, on advisory boa