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A Race to Build Youth Interest in Computer Science: Exploring CS Attitudes
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Troy Hawk – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem that was addressed in this study was underrepresented minorities' low interest in pursuing computer science as a profession. The purpose of this quantitative, quasi-experimental study was to measure underrepresented youth's attitudes toward computer science. The issue remains a pressing challenge in the U.S. This study explored the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Preadolescents, Minority Groups, Disproportionate Representation
Exploring Parent and Child Perceptions of an Educational Television Show with a Culturally Inclusive Focus to Computational Thinking
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Breniel Lemley – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The rise in children's media use (Rideout & Robb, 2020) and the prioritization of STEM learning (Fayer et al., 2017) has led to the development of new STEM-related apps, TV shows, and other media for young children. One topic in this area gaining popularity is computational thinking (CT). Researchers refer to CT as an approach to problem…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Culturally Relevant Education, Inclusion, Computation
Building Whole Black Youth: A Case of a Culturally Relevant STEM Educator at the Hit Makers Summer Camp
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Tikyna M. Dandridge – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation research used an embedded qualitative case study research design to investigate a single educator's actions in teaching Black youth engineering and computing in a culturally appropriate and accessible manner. Historically, the engineering discipline has preserved and upheld Eurocentric standards for how learners should think and…
Descriptors: Teachers, STEM Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Blacks
Preparing Teachers to Engage in Civic Participation through Computing
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Sukanya Kannan Moudgalya – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Scholars like Ruha Benjamin have cautioned how hegemonic technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen racism against Black and Brown folks due to racial biases in "neutral/normative" Artificial Intelligence and over-surveillance of Black folks. K-12 education can also contribute to this hegemony. Culturally Responsive Computing…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Racism
Computing for Sustainable Equity: Culturally Responsive Computing in CS Undergraduate Education
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Swati Mehta – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This dissertation study is about understanding the beliefs of undergraduate computer science (CS) faculty to adapt culturally responsive computing (CRC) pedagogical approach in teaching computer science courses. Using the lenses of critical pedagogy, culturally responsive teaching, and culturally responsive computing, this study explored whether…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Teaching Methods, Undergraduate Students, Culturally Relevant Education
Communal Learning versus Individual Learning: An Exploratory Convergent Parallel Mixed-Method Study to Describe How Young African American Novice Programmers Learn Computational Thinking Skills in an Informal Learning Environment
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Hatley, Leshell April Denise – ProQuest LLC, 2016
Today, most young people in the United States (U.S.) live technology-saturated lives. Their educational, entertainment, and career options originate from and demand incredible technological innovations. However, this extensive ownership of and access to technology does not indicate that today's youth know how technology works or how to control and…
Descriptors: Programming, Thinking Skills, Computation, Informal Education