Common threads: Directions for computing education

Abstract

This chapter concludes the volume New Directions for ComputingEducation: Embedding Computing Across Disciplines. In this text, the authors haveraised and answered many questions regarding the future of interdisciplinarycomputing education, and presented ideas and examples for implementing appropriatepedagogies and curricula. Conclusions include recognizing the value ofconstructivist approaches, recognizing a difference between computer scienceeducation and computing education, and a realization that computing educationshould be guided by the broad educational mission of producing an educated citizenryrather than a mission of technical training or career preparation.