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Toward justice in computer science through community, criticality, and citizenship

Published: 25 April 2022 Publication History

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Proposing a justice-centered CS education.

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    cover image Communications of the ACM
    Communications of the ACM  Volume 65, Issue 5
    May 2022
    108 pages
    ISSN:0001-0782
    EISSN:1557-7317
    DOI:10.1145/3533590
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