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Entering the Clubhouse: Case Studies of Young Programmers Joining the Online Scratch Communities

Entering the Clubhouse: Case Studies of Young Programmers Joining the Online Scratch Communities

Yasmin B. Kafai, Deborah A. Fields, William Q. Burke
Copyright: © 2010 |Volume: 22 |Issue: 2 |Pages: 15
ISSN: 1546-2234|EISSN: 1546-5012|EISBN13: 9781609603786|DOI: 10.4018/joeuc.2010101906
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Kafai, Yasmin B., et al. "Entering the Clubhouse: Case Studies of Young Programmers Joining the Online Scratch Communities." JOEUC vol.22, no.2 2010: pp.21-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2010101906

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Kafai, Y. B., Fields, D. A., & Burke, W. Q. (2010). Entering the Clubhouse: Case Studies of Young Programmers Joining the Online Scratch Communities. Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC), 22(2), 21-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2010101906

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Kafai, Yasmin B., Deborah A. Fields, and William Q. Burke. "Entering the Clubhouse: Case Studies of Young Programmers Joining the Online Scratch Communities," Journal of Organizational and End User Computing (JOEUC) 22, no.2: 21-35. http://doi.org/10.4018/joeuc.2010101906

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Abstract

Previous efforts in end-user development have focused on facilitating the mechanics of learning programming, leaving aside social and cultural factors equally important in getting youth engaged in programming. As part of a 4-month long ethnographic study, we followed two 12-year-old participants as they learned the programming software Scratch and its associated file-sharing site, scratch.mit.edu, in an after-school club and class. In our discussion, we focus on the role that agency, membership, and status played in their joining and participating in local and online communities of programmers.

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