Fincher, Sally and Petre, Marian (1998) Project-based Learning Practices in Computer Science Education. In: FIE '98. 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference: Moving from 'Teacher-Centered' to 'Learner-Centered' Education Conference Proceedings. IEEE, pp. 1185-1191. ISBN 0-7803-4762-5. (doi:10.1109/FIE.1998.738607) (KAR id:21589)
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Abstract
The EPCoS project (Effective Projectwork in Computer Science) is working to map the range of project-based learning practices in UK higher education and to generate insights into what characterizes the contexts in which particular techniques are effective. In assembling a body of authentic examples, EPCoS aims to provide a resource that enables extrapolation and synthesis of new techniques. To allow educators and researchers to mine this material, EPCoS is systematizing it within a template-based catalogue, augmented with indexing and abstracting devices. Moreover, EPCoS is examining the process by which practices are transferred between institutional contexts, with a view to identifying effective models of the transfer process. Three key elements of transfer are the identification of appropriate practices, the selection of a practice for a purpose, and the integration of a chosen practice into the existing culture. Structured resources and process models are essential tools for supporting responsiveness in the current climate of continual change: the rapid development of computer technology is demanding new range and flexibility in project work, and EPCoS's mapping of project-based teaching allows practitioners to respond to these changes. This is one context in which educational research into how projects work can generalize to professional practice.
Item Type: | Book section |
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DOI/Identification number: | 10.1109/FIE.1998.738607 |
Additional information: | 28th Annual Frontiers in Education Conference on Moving from Teacher-Centered to Learner-Centered Education TEMPE, AZ, NOV 04-07, 1998 IEEE, Educ Soc; IEEE, Comp Soc; ASEE, Educ Res & Methods Div |
Uncontrolled keywords: | computer science education; educational institutions; educational technology; project management; indexing; laboratories; informatics; context modelling; teamwork |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science) > QA 76 Software, computer programming, |
Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing |
Funders: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (https://ror.org/01n002310) |
Depositing User: | Mark Wheadon |
Date Deposited: | 24 Aug 2009 15:54 UTC |
Last Modified: | 12 Jul 2022 10:39 UTC |
Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/21589 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
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