ERIC Number: EJ1078867
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1743-9884
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Culturally Responsive Computing: A Theory Revisited
Scott, Kimberly A.; Sheridan, Kimberly M.; Clark, Kevin
Learning, Media and Technology, v40 n4 p412-436 2015
Despite multiple efforts and considerable funding, historically marginalized groups (e.g., racial minorities and women) continue not to enter or persist in the most lucrative of fields--technology. Understanding the potency of culturally responsive teaching (CRT), some technology-enrichment programs modified CRP principles to establish a culturally responsive computing (CRC) experience for disenfranchised groups. We draw from our respective praxes developing two such initiatives and reconceptualize CRC as a heuristic. In this theoretical article, we offer a more nuanced vision of CRC considering intersectionality, innovations, and technosocial activism. Implications for the newly defined tenets consider programmatic, theoretical, and methodological concerns.
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Technology Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Heuristics, Minority Group Students, Females, Educational Innovation, STEM Education, Models, Technology Uses in Education, Technological Advancement, Social Justice, Activism, Student Development
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 202637