gender balance – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Wed, 08 Mar 2023 09:24:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 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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]]> Gender Balance in Computing — the big picture https://noise.getoto.net/2023/01/05/gender-balance-in-computing-the-big-picture/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:08:08 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=82616 Improving gender balance in computing is part of our work to ensure equitable learning opportunities for all young people. Our Gender Balance in Computing (GBIC) research programme has been the largest effort to date to explore ways to encourage more girls and young women to engage with Computing. Commissioned by the Department for Education in…

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]]> Using relevant contexts to engage girls in the Computing classroom: Study results https://noise.getoto.net/2022/11/29/using-relevant-contexts-to-engage-girls-in-the-computing-classroom-study-results/ Tue, 29 Nov 2022 12:19:08 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=82264 Today we are sharing an evaluation report on another study that’s part of our Gender Balance in Computing research programme. In this study, we investigated the impact of using relevant contexts in classroom programming activities for 12- to 13-year-olds on girls’ and boys’ attitudes towards Computing. We have been working on Gender Balance in Computing…

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]]> Non-formal learning activities: What do we know and how do we apply it to computing? https://noise.getoto.net/2022/11/01/non-formal-learning-activities-what-do-we-know-and-how-do-we-apply-it-to-computing/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 11:04:21 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=81743 At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we engage young people in learning about computing and creating with digital technologies. We do this not only by developing curricula for formal education and introducing tens of thousands of children around the world to coding at home, but also through supporting non-formal learning activities such as Code Club and…

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]]> Girls’ sense of belonging in the Computing classroom: Study results https://noise.getoto.net/2022/10/14/girls-sense-of-belonging-in-the-computing-classroom-study-results/ Fri, 14 Oct 2022 08:42:14 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=81571 We’re sharing the fourth evaluation report on projects in our Gender Balance in Computing research programme today. This is a programme we’ve been running, with partner organisations, as part of the National Centre for Computing Education, funded by the Department for Education in England. The programme’s overall goal is to identify ways to encourage more…

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]]> A peer instruction approach for engaging girls in the Computing classroom: Study results https://noise.getoto.net/2022/08/24/a-peer-instruction-approach-for-engaging-girls-in-the-computing-classroom-study-results/ Wed, 24 Aug 2022 13:10:05 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=81027 Today, we are publishing the third report of our findings from our Gender Balance in Computing research programme. This report shares the outcomes from the Peer Instruction project, which is the last in our set of three interventions that has explored teaching approaches to engage more girls in computing. The premise of the teaching approach…

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]]> A pair programming approach for engaging girls in the Computing classroom: Study results https://noise.getoto.net/2022/07/07/a-pair-programming-approach-for-engaging-girls-in-the-computing-classroom-study-results/ Thu, 07 Jul 2022 09:23:27 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=80291 Today we share the second report in our series of findings from the Gender Balance in Computing research programme, which we’ve been running as part of the National Centre for Computing Education and with various partners. In this £2.4 million research programme, funded by the Department for Education in England, we aim to identify ways…

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]]> A storytelling approach for engaging girls in the Computing classroom: Pilot study results https://noise.getoto.net/2022/05/10/a-storytelling-approach-for-engaging-girls-in-the-computing-classroom-pilot-study-results/ Tue, 10 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79432 We’ve been running the Gender Balance in Computing programme of research since 2019, as part of the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) and with various partners. It’s a £2.4 million research programme funded by the Department for Education in England that aims to identify ways to encourage more girls and young women to engage…

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