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Title: Reflections on Launching a Networked Improvement Community with Computer Science Educators
This experience report details the lessons learned while launching a Networked Improvement Community (NIC) with 23 teachers in Texas as part of the NSF-funded Accelerating Women’s Success and Mastery in Computer Science (AWSM in CS) project. Conceived to address the persistent gender inequities in computer science (CS) education, the NIC was designed to bring together researchers and practitioners to collaboratively develop and implement solutions with the goal of increasing female participation in CS courses. This experience report explores the lessons learned, such as the importance of building a sense of community, trust, and collaboration, before jumping into problem solving as a NIC. Additionally, the report addresses considerations for sustaining the NIC virtually given the logistical constraints placed on teacher collaboration during the school year.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1837602
PAR ID:
10287547
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2020 Research on Equity and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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