首届伊利诺伊州K-12计算机科学教育峰会在伊利诺伊大学校园召开！-新东方前途出国

　　Sep 18, 2019 Sharita Forrest, Illinois New Bureau 

　　2019年9月18日伊利诺伊州新局Sharita Forrest

 

　　Teachers, lawmakers and other stakeholders will convene on the University of Illinois campus to discuss ways of ensuring that Illinois’ schoolchildren enter college and the workforce computer literate – and that the state’s colleges and universities are preparing teachers to provide that education. 

　　教师、立法者和其他利益相关者将在伊利诺伊大学校园召开会议，讨论如何确保伊利诺伊州的学童进入大学学习，并确保该州的学院和大学正在为教师提供这种教育做准备。

 

　　The inaugural Illinois Statewide K-12 Computer Science Education Summit, which is co-sponsored by Illinois Computer Science, will occur Sept. 20 at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana. 

　　首届伊利诺伊州K-12计算机科学教育峰会由伊利诺伊州计算机科学联合主办，将于9月20日在乌尔巴纳州克拉克街1205号国家超级计算应用中心举行。

　　Participants will discuss the many issues related to computer science education in public schools, including Illinois’ lack of learning standards for computer science education and the critical need for teacher education programs. 

　　与会者将讨论与公立学校计算机科学教育有关的许多问题，包括伊利诺伊州缺乏计算机科学教育的学习标准和对教师教育计划的迫切需要。

　　According to the nonprofit Code.org, 22,000 computing and technology jobs in Illinois are going unfilled each year because workers lack the requisite skills. 

　　根据非营利组织code.org的数据，伊利诺伊州每年有22000个计算机和技术工作空缺，因为工人缺乏必要的技能。

 

　　However, across Illinois’ 800 school districts, access to “authentic” and “pedagogically sound computer science” education is inconsistent. The majority of schools have neither computer science courses nor qualified teachers to teach them, the Illinois Computer Science Education Task Force, led by then-State Superintendent of Education Tony Smith, noted in a 2017 report to then-Gov. Bruce Rauner and the Illinois General Assembly. 

　　然而，在伊利诺斯的800个学区，获得“真实的”和“教育学健全的计算机科学”的教育是不一致的。大多数学校都没有计算机科学课程，也没有合格的教师来教他们，由当时的州教育督导托尼.史密斯领导的伊利诺斯计算机科学教育工作组在2017份报告中提到了当时的州长Bruce Rauner和伊利诺斯大会。

 

　　In the minority of Illinois schools that teach computing, it’s usually offered in advanced placement courses accessible only to certain groups of students – exacerbating existing inequities in access to technology known as the “digital divide,” said Kenton Machina, a professor emeritus of philosophy at Illinois State University and a member of the summit’s planning committee. 

　　在伊利诺斯的少数几所教计算机的学校里，通常只提供一些学生群体的高级课程，这加剧了现有的技术不平等现象，称之为“数字鸿沟”，Kenton Machina说。伊利诺伊州立大学哲学名誉教授，峰会计划委员会成员。

 

　　Machina is also a co-principal investigator of a National Science Foundation grant that funded Illinois State University’s development of a licensure endorsement program in computer science for in-service teachers. The grant included funding for a statewide summit of stakeholders to discuss related issues that is providing support for the Sept. 20 summit in Urbana. 

　　MaChina也是伊利诺斯国家科学基金资助项目的共同首 席研究员，资助了美国州立大学为在职教师提供计算机科学许可证资助项目。这项拨款包括为全美利益相关者峰会提供资金，讨论相关问题，这些问题为9·20峰会提供了支持。

 

　　The task force’s findings and recommendations will serve as the springboard for discussions at the upcoming summit, said Gabrielle Allen, the associate dean for research in the College of Education at the U. of I. 

　　U. of I.教育学院研究副院长Gabrielle Allen说，工作组的调查结果和建议将成为即将召开的峰会讨论的跳板。

　　Among other recommendations, the task force proposed that Illinois lawmakers make computer science a requirement for high school graduation, similar to the policy adopted by Chicago Public Schools in 2016. 

　　在其他建议中，特别工作组建议伊利诺伊州立法者将计算机科学作为高中毕业的一项要求，类似于芝加哥公立学校在2016年采取的政策。

　　However, Illinois currently lacks computer science learning standards for kindergarten-12th grade students, as well as an accepted definition of what constitutes computer science education and means of tracking teachers’ qualifications to teach it, said Raya Hegeman-Davis. 

　　然而，伊利诺伊州目前缺乏针对幼儿园至12年级学生的计算机科学学习标准，也没有一个公认的计算机科学教育的定义和跟踪教师资格的方法，Raya Hegeman-Davis说。

　　“We can’t track which schools are teaching computer science courses, the content being taught and how that compares to other schools’ curricula,” Hegeman-Davis said. 

　　Hegeman-Davis说：“我们无法追踪哪些学校在教授计算机科学课程，教授的内容以及与其他学校课程相比的情况。”

 

　　She is the coordinator of the Illinois Secondary Teacher Education and Computer Science Initiative, a five-year initiative aimed at creating teacher education endorsement and certification programs in computer science at the U. of I. 

　　她是伊利诺伊州中学教师教育和计算机科学计划的协调人，这是一项为期五年的计划，旨在创建I.U.的计算机科学教师教育认可和认证项目。

　　The initiative, a partnership between the College of Education and Illinois Computer Science, also seeks to address the shortage of computer science teachers in Illinois and throughout the U.S. 

　　这项倡议是教育学院和伊利诺伊州计算机科学学院之间的一项合作，旨在解决伊利诺伊州和全美计算机科学教师短缺的问题。

 

　　Currently, no college or university in Illinois offers a teacher education major in computer science. Consequently, there are few jobs for computer science teachers in Illinois public schools, Hegeman-Davis said. 

　　目前，伊利诺伊州没有一所学院或大学开设计算机科学教师教育专业。Hegeman-Davis说，因此，伊利诺伊州公立学校的计算机科学教师几乎没有工作。

 

　　“At the moment, because Illinois schools are not providing many computer science classes, there are few computer science teaching positions in kindergarten-12th-grade schools,” Allen said. “Preservice teachers also need schools where they can do their student teaching and where they can have careers and thrive.” 

　　Allen说：“目前，由于伊利诺斯的学校没有提供很多计算机科学课程，所以在12年级的幼儿园里很少有计算机科学的教学岗位。”“职前教师也需要学校，在那里他们可以做他们的学生教学，在那里他们可以有事业和繁荣。”

　　The state risks placing its young people at a competitive disadvantage compared with peers in neighboring states that prioritize computer science education, she said. 

　　她说，与优先发展计算机科学教育的邻近州相比，该州的年轻人有可能处于竞争劣势。

　　Also a professor of astronomy, Allen co-chairs the summit planning committee with Steve Svetlik, the president and founder of CS4IL, a grassroots coalition advocating for quality computer science education for all Illinois children. 

　　Allen 还是天文学教授，他与cs4il（一个倡导为所有伊利诺伊州儿童提供高质量计算机科学教育的草根联盟）的主席兼创始人Steve Svetlik共同主持了峰会计划委员会。

 

　　Along with other U. of I. officials, the planning committee also includes representatives from Chicago Public Schools, the Hutsonville School District and the University of Chicago.

　　除了美国的其他官员，规划委员会还包括芝加哥公立学校、哈森维尔学校学区和芝加哥大学的代表。

 

　　Sponsors have committed more than $40,000 in support for the daylong summit. Along with Illinois Computer Science, Illinois State University, and the U. of I. College of Education, other sponsors include Microsoft; the Illinois Innovation Network; and The Grainger College of Engineering, the NCSA, and the Center for Digital Agriculture, all at the U. of I. 

　　赞助商承诺提供4万多美元支持为期一天的首脑会议。与伊利诺伊州计算机科学、伊利诺伊州立大学和伊利诺伊大学教育学院一起，其他赞助商包括微软、伊利诺伊创新网络、格兰杰工程学院、NCSA和数字农业中心，都在伊利诺伊大学。

 

　　Tickets for the summit are $10 plus a processing fee. 

　　这次峰会的门票是10美元外加手续费。

 

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