Schlagwort: underrepresentation
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A storytelling approach for engaging girls in the Computing classroom: Pilot study results
Reading Time: 7 minutesWe’ve been running the Gender Balance in Computing programme of research since 2019, as part of the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) and with various partners. It’s a £2.4 million research programme funded by the Department for Education in England that aims to identify ways to encourage more girls and young…
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Engaging Black students in computing at UK schools — interview with Joe Arday
Reading Time: 7 minutesOn the occasion of Black History Month UK, we speak to Joe Arday, Computer Science teacher at Woodbridge High School in Essex, UK, about his experiences in computing education, his thoughts about underrepresentation of Black students in the subject, and his ideas about what needs to be done to engage more Black…
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Engaging Black students in computing at school — interview with Lynda Chinaka
Reading Time: 10 minutesOn the occasion of Black History Month UK, we speak to Lynda Chinaka, Senior Lecturer in Computing in Education at the University of Roehampton, about her experiences in computing education, her thoughts about underrepresentation of Black students in the subject, and her ideas about what needs to be done to engage more…
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Computing education and underrepresentation: the data from England
Reading Time: 6 minutesIn this blog post, I’ll discuss the first research seminar in our six-part series about diversity and inclusion. Let’s start by defining our terms. Diversity is any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people from one another. This might be, for example, age, gender, socio-economic status, disability, ethnicity, religion,…
