The book is the result of collective effort and is testimony to the amazing “Computer Science for All” community in the US (especially) and around the world.
This handbook, which strives to embody Maya Angelou’s enduring quote, is for teachers and by teachers and researchers steeped in computer science (CS) education. The authors of each chapter have generously shared what we know and have learned about teaching introductory programming from classroom experience as well as research in the field. These authors represent classrooms in the United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia. They bring an unparalleled breadth and depth of experience and knowledge gleaned from research, curriculum design, teacher training, and/or classroom practice at the elementary, middle, high school, and college levels.
Grover brought this book together as the visionary, editor, co-author, chief champion, and producer (including working closely for 5 months with the layout designer and copy-editor).
She is a senior research scientist at Looking Glass Ventures and a visiting scholar at Stanford University. Her research is focused on teaching and learning of computer science, computational thinking, and programming in schools. She has been working with children and programming since 2001, first in informal afterschool settings, and recently, in classrooms. Her current research encompasses the design of curricula and assessments for all levels of preK-12 CS education, as well as the integration of computing and coding in STEM and other subjects. She has led, and continues to lead, several large research projects (often in collaboration with universities and research organizations) with grants from the US National Science Foundation and other federal agencies. She also consults globally on projects related to K-12 CS, programming, and computational thinking education.
The vision for a guide book for teachers encompassing both content and pedagogy took shape during her doctoral studies at Stanford University, which involved creating an introductory programming curriculum that drew on learnings from research in CS education as well as the learning sciences. In addition to publishing her research in leading academic journals, Shuchi is active in teacher outreach. She regularly collaborates with K-12 CS teachers and authors articles aimed at wider audiences beyond the research community. Over the past decade, she has served on the National K-12 Computer Science Framework team, taskforces of the Computer Science Teachers’ Association, the ACM Education Advisory Committee (2018-present), and the editorial board of the ACM Transactions on Computing Education (2015-present). Shuchi’s educational journey includes undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science, an Ed.M. in Technology in Education from Harvard University, and a Ph.D. in Learning Sciences and Technology Design from Stanford University. She lives in Palo Alto, California, where she loves to crochet and garden in her spare time. [@shuchig, https://www.shuchigrover.com]
