The inspiring teacher in computing

A presentation from the STEM Annual Conference 2012.

A major aspect of staff development identified at the start of the 2010/11 academic session in the department of Computing Engineering and Technology at the University of Sunderland was to develop the concept of the inspiring teacher. The motivations to address this concept primarily centred on the teaching of the computing disciplines and evolved from a desire to inspire students to learn and to want to learn and to enthuse them about their subjects. Additionally there were pragmatic motivations around student retention employability and NSS results.

This paper reviews the preliminary findings gathered from students and staff in 2011.