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Teaching Computing in Indigenous Schools: An Early Experience Report

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Wei Yan,

Jeffrey Allen Hovermill,

Paige Prescott,

Ashish AmreshAuthors Info & Claims

RESPECT 2024: Proceedings of the 2024 on RESPECT Annual Conference

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https://doi.org/10.1145/3653666.3656104

Published: 16 May 2024 Publication History

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To broaden indigenous students' participation in Computer Science (CS) education, we conducted a research practitioner partnership (RPP) project, where teachers were taught the CS principles lessons offered by Code.org and asked to integrate mobile application development within their current courses. Additionally, modules and guidance were provided on culturally responsive pedagogy (CRP), and an in-classroom implementation of a five-day lesson plan was co-created via a participatory approach. In this experience report, we describe the RPP organization and early findings from our collected teachers' pre/post survey, lesson plans, projects, and students' pre/post survey. The positive outcomes from our RPP project provided valuable teacher learning experiences and actionable, culturally responsive computing lesson plans for the indigenous community.

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Geyser H(2024)Decoloniality, Digital-coloniality and Computer Programming EducationACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/370233224:4(1-30)Online publication date: 17-Dec-2024
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Bowdon JByers TRich KSpang MMiller VSinger ELeClair-Diaz A(2024)Culturally-sustaining and revitalizing computer science education for Indigenous studentsJournal of Research on Technology in Education10.1080/15391523.2024.240234857:1(218-234)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2024
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Teaching Computing in Indigenous Schools: An Early Experience Report
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education

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DOI:10.1145/3653666

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Yan WAmresh AHovermill JPrescott PStone JYuen TShoop LRebelsky SPrather J(2025)What Could Impact Indigenous-serving Teachers' Computing Integration After A Culturally Responsive Professional Development?Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 210.1145/3641555.3705279(1667-1668)Online publication date: 18-Feb-2025
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3641555.3705279
Geyser H(2024)Decoloniality, Digital-coloniality and Computer Programming EducationACM Transactions on Computing Education10.1145/370233224:4(1-30)Online publication date: 17-Dec-2024
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3702332
Bowdon JByers TRich KSpang MMiller VSinger ELeClair-Diaz A(2024)Culturally-sustaining and revitalizing computer science education for Indigenous studentsJournal of Research on Technology in Education10.1080/15391523.2024.240234857:1(218-234)Online publication date: 13-Sep-2024
https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2024.2402348

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