Professional dispositions enable behaviors desirable in the workplace,
such as persistence, adaptability, meticulousness, and self-directedness.
Recent curricular reports such as Information Technology 2017, Computing Curricula 2020,
Information Systems 2020, Data Science 2021, and
Computer Science Curricula 2023 all promote
the importance of dispositions in computing education.
Job postings often list dispositions among the required attributes of new hires.
How do we help our students appreciate the importance of professional dispositions
in an already jam-packed curriculum?
How do we help develop professional dispositions among our students?
We are conducting a study to answer these questions.
You can learn about the study at dispositions-project.org [dispositions-project.org].
We invite you to be a part of the study.
Professional dispositions enable behaviors desirable in the workplace,
such as persistence, adaptability, meticulousness, and self-directedness.
Recent curricular reports such as Information Technology 2017, Computing Curricula 2020,
Information Systems 2020, Data Science 2021, and
Computer Science Curricula 2023 all promote
the importance of dispositions in computing education.
Job postings often list dispositions among the required attributes of new hires.
How do we help our students appreciate the importance of professional dispositions
in an already jam-packed curriculum? How do we help develop professional dispositions among our students?
We are conducting a study to answer these questions. You can learn about the study at dispositions-project.org [dispositions-project.org]. We invite you to be a part of the study.
If you are interested, please fill out this simple form at: https://forms.gle/fcbUzTairxUSJeRU9 [forms.gle] We hope to hear from you.
best, Amruth Kumar, Bonnie Mackellar, Renée McCauley and Mihaela Sabin