Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program

Lana R Peterson; Cassandra Scharber; Rukmini Manasa Avadhanam; Farah Faruqi

doi:10.1109/RESPECT55273.2022.00074

Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program

Lana R Peterson, Cassandra Scharber, Rukmini Manasa Avadhanam, Farah Faruqi

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Abstract

In an effort to broaden participation in computer science education, a school district built a K-12 pathway with an immersive computer science experience at the middle school level. Approximately sixty students at both the 6th and 7th grade levels participate in a computer science elective as well as core content areas of health, art, social studies, and language Arts with computing integrated within. This experience paper will overview the design and development of a program with the goal of developing computing identities in Black, Hispanic, and Asian students through immersive computer science experiences. Using observations of lessons and planning meetings, interviews with students and staff, and analysis of course documentation we will describe the evolving program thus far. Specifically we will detail the tensions and solutions of prioritizing the experience of underrepresented populations of students through recruitment, pedagogy, student feedback, professional development, and navigating school systemic exclusionary mechanisms.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022
Editors	Veronica Catete, Stacey Sexton, Tiffany Barnes, Kinnis Gosha, Jamie Payton
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	90-94
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665471145
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT55273.2022.00074
State	Published - 2022
Event	6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022 - Hybrid, Philadelphia, United States Duration: May 23 2022 → May 24 2022

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Name	Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022

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Conference	6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022
Country/Territory	United States
City	Hybrid, Philadelphia
Period	5/23/22 → 5/24/22

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Keywords

computer science integration
computing identities
middle school computer science
research-practice partnerships

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Peterson, L. R., Scharber, C., Avadhanam, R. M., & Faruqi, F. (2022). Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program. In V. Catete, S. Sexton, T. Barnes, K. Gosha, & J. Payton (Eds.), Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022 (pp. 90-94). (Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT55273.2022.00074

Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program. / Peterson, Lana R; Scharber, Cassandra; Avadhanam, Rukmini Manasa et al.
Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022. ed. / Veronica Catete; Stacey Sexton; Tiffany Barnes; Kinnis Gosha; Jamie Payton. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. p. 90-94 (Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Peterson, LR, Scharber, C, Avadhanam, RM & Faruqi, F 2022, Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program. in V Catete, S Sexton, T Barnes, K Gosha & J Payton (eds), Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022. Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 90-94, 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022, Hybrid, Philadelphia, United States, 5/23/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/RESPECT55273.2022.00074

Peterson LR, Scharber C, Avadhanam RM, Faruqi F. Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program. In Catete V, Sexton S, Barnes T, Gosha K, Payton J, editors, Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2022. p. 90-94. (Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022). doi: 10.1109/RESPECT55273.2022.00074

Peterson, Lana R ; Scharber, Cassandra ; Avadhanam, Rukmini Manasa et al. / Prioritizing the development of computing identities through a middle school computer science integration program. Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022. editor / Veronica Catete ; Stacey Sexton ; Tiffany Barnes ; Kinnis Gosha ; Jamie Payton. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2022. pp. 90-94 (Proceedings - 2022 6th International Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology, RESPECT 2022).

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