What (else) should CS educators know?

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We address a variety of issues that pertain to the background needed for teaching computer science. We have in mind both the high-school and the college/university levels. Besides the obvious prerequisite of thoroughly mastering the core topics of computer science, which should be enhanced by a comprehensive bird''s-eye view of the entire field, we claim that a good computer science educator must be acquainted with a significant body of additional material. This ranges from some historical and philosophical aspects, through various curricula and teaching methods, to the problematics of teaching specific topics. Much of this material, which should be of interest to computer science people in general, can be organized into an elective course, to be offered as part of an undergraduate computer science program or in a special teachers'' certification program.

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