Computer Science and Engineering Education for Pre-Collegiate Students and Teachers

<p><br />Now more than ever as a worldwide STEM community we need to know what pre-collegiate teachers and students explore learn and implement in relation to computer science and engineering education. As computer science and engineering education are not always “stand-alone” courses in pre-collegiate schools how are pre-collegiate teachers and students learning about these topics? How can these subjects be integrated?<br /><br />Explore six articles in this book that directly relate to the currently hot topics of computer science and engineering education as they tie into pre-collegiate science technology and mathematics realms.<br /><br />There is a systematic review article to set the stage of the problem. Following this overview are two teacher-focused articles on professional development in computer science and entrepreneurship venture training. The final three articles focus on varying levels of student work including pre-collegiate secondary students’ exploration of engineering design technology future science teachers’ (collegiate students) perceptions of engineering and pre-collegiate future engineers’ exploration of environmental radioactivity.<br /><br />All six articles speak to computer science and engineering education in pre-collegiate forums but blend into the collegiate world for a look at what all audiences can bring to the conversation about these topics.</p>