Teaching computer science in the community

Benny Chor, Assaf Zaritsky

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Abstract

The School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University, Israel, has initiated and carried out a project titled "Teaching Computer Science in the Community". The project aims to introduce scientific thinking and basic computer science concepts in an informal setting to school children from low socio-economic background. The project is implemented as a single semester undergraduate elective course, in which third year computer science students teach in schools and community centers. Here, we describe the spirit, content, and structure of the course and discuss insight we have gained over the last four years of teaching it.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDistributed Computing and Internet Technology - 12th International Conference, ICDCIT 2016, Proceedings
EditorsLaxmi Parida, Sanjiva Prasad, Nikolaj Bjørner
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages3-9
Number of pages7
ISBN (Print)9783319280332
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event12th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2016 - Bhubaneswar, India
Duration: 15 Jan 201618 Jan 2016

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume9581
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference12th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology, ICDCIT 2016
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBhubaneswar
Period15/01/1618/01/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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