Equity – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:52:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Running a workshop with teachers to create culturally relevant Computing lessons https://noise.getoto.net/2023/07/06/running-a-workshop-with-teachers-to-create-culturally-relevant-computing-lessons/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 09:52:10 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=84403 Who chooses to study Computing? In England, data from GCSE and A level Computer Science entries in 2019 shows that the answer is complex. Black Caribbean students were one of the most underrepresented groups in the subject, while pupils from other ethnic backgrounds, such as White British, Chinese, and Asian Indian, were well-represented. This picture…

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]]> How can computing education promote an equitable digital future? Ideas from research https://noise.getoto.net/2023/03/08/how-can-computing-education-promote-an-equitable-digital-future-ideas-from-research/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:24:58 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=83298 This year’s International Women’s Day (IWD) focuses on innovation and technology for gender equality. This cause aligns closely with our mission as a charity: to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. An important part of our mission is to shift the gender balance in computing…

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]]> Bias in the machine: How can we address gender bias in AI? https://noise.getoto.net/2022/03/08/bias-in-the-machine-how-can-we-address-gender-bias-in-ai/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:42:15 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78629 At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we’ve been thinking about questions relating to artificial intelligence (AI) education and data science education for several months now, inviting experts to share their perspectives in a series of very well-attended seminars. At the same time, we’ve been running a programme of research trials to find out what interventions in…

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]]> Computer science education for what purpose? Some perspectives https://noise.getoto.net/2022/02/24/computer-science-education-for-what-purpose-some-perspectives/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 14:18:31 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78508 As we’re coming to the end of Black History Month in the USA this year, we’ve been amazed by the variety of work the computing education community is doing to address inequities in their classrooms. For our part, we have learned a huge amount about equitable STEM and computer science (CS) education from the community,…

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]]> Celebrate Black history this month with code! https://noise.getoto.net/2022/02/01/celebrate-black-history-this-month-with-code/ Tue, 01 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78170 For those of us living in the USA, February is Black History Month, our month-long celebration of Black history. This is an occasion to highlight the amazing accomplishments of Black Americans through time. Simply put, the possibilities are endless! Black history touches every area of our lives, and it is so important that we seize…

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]]> The Roots project: Implementing culturally responsive computing teaching in schools in England https://noise.getoto.net/2022/01/27/the-roots-project-implementing-culturally-responsive-computing-teaching-in-schools-in-england/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:52:09 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78080 Since last year, we have been investigating culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching in computing education. This is an important part of our research to understand how to make computing accessible to all young people. We are now continuing our work in this area with a new project called Roots, bridging our research team…

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]]> What does equity-focused teaching mean in computer science education? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/09/what-does-equity-focused-teaching-mean-in-computer-science-education/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:44:45 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67990 Today, I discuss the second research seminar in our series of six free online research seminars focused on diversity and inclusion in computing education, where we host researchers from the UK and USA together with the Royal Academy of Engineering. By diversity, we mean any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people…

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]]> Computing education and underrepresentation: the data from England https://noise.getoto.net/2021/01/20/computing-education-and-underrepresentation-the-data-from-england/ Wed, 20 Jan 2021 11:14:28 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67156 In 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, nationality, or sexuality.…

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