CSc 8920 Computer Science Teaching Pedagogy Syllabus

CSc 8920 - Computer Science Teaching Pedagogy
Syllabus

Fall Semester
Credits: 1 hour

Instructor: Dr. Michael Weeks
Computer Science Department
Office: 25 Park Place (SunTrust building), room 754
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2:30-4:30 p.m.

web-page: http://www.cs.gsu.edu/~mweeks

Time: Thursdays 1:00-1:50 p.m.
Classroom: A&H, room 330

TEXTS
(Do not worry about purchasing the texts until after the first meeting.)
Filene, The Joy of Teaching: A Practical Guide for New College Instructors, University of North Carolina Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8078-5603-7
McKeachie and Svinicki, McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College And University Teachers, 12th Edition, Houghton Mifflin, 2006, ISBN 0-618-51556-9

PREREQUISITES
Permission of instructor

CONTENT
The course covers pedagogical issues related to teaching computer science courses.

GRADING

Grade base

Each student must make one in-class presentation on a topic assigned by the instructor. The presentation should last for approximately 15 minutes. The rest of the class time will be discussion.
You are expected to leave feedback for everyone else who presents. See the "presentation feedback form" link on the class webpage.
To earn a passing grade, you must make a satisfactory presentation, participate in the discussion, participate in the feedback for other students' presentations, and have satisfactory attendance. More than one unexcused absence is unsatisfactory.
Please do not arrive late, leave early, or go in and out of class, since this behavior is very distracting. You may be counted absent for this behavior.