underrepresentation – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Tue, 10 May 2022 07:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 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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]]> Engaging Black students in computing at UK schools — interview with Joe Arday https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/26/engaging-black-students-in-computing-at-uk-schools-interview-with-joe-arday/ Tue, 26 Oct 2021 08:59:42 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76701 On the occasion of Black History Month UK, we speak to Joe Arday, Computer Science teacher at Woodbridge High School in Essex, UK, about his experiences in computing education, his thoughts about underrepresentation of Black students in the subject, and his ideas about what needs to be done to engage more Black students. To start…

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]]> Engaging Black students in computing at school — interview with Lynda Chinaka https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/12/engaging-black-students-in-computing-at-school-interview-with-lynda-chinaka/ Tue, 12 Oct 2021 13:34:28 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76363 On the occasion of Black History Month UK, we speak to Lynda Chinaka, Senior Lecturer in Computing in Education at the University of Roehampton, about her experiences in computing education, her thoughts about underrepresentation of Black students in the subject, and her ideas about what needs to be done to engage more Black students. Lynda,…

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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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