Towards the Design of a Culturally Relevant Curriculum for Equitable, Data Mining-Based CS Education

  • Amanda Barany
  • , Sayed Reza
  • , Michael Johnson
  • , Alan Barrera
  • , Omar Badreddin
  • , Crystal Fuentes
  • , Justice Toshiba Walker

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

4 Scopus citations

Abstract

As both data science and computer science (CS) grow increasingly ubiquitous as a part of professional practice and daily life, efforts are needed to design and implement equity-driven CS curricula that can leverage the affordances of online platforms as valuable and engaging data sources. To this end, this work reports on the systematic design of a culturally relevant curriculum for pre-college students that uses the social media platform Twitter as a source of user-driven big data on real-world contemporary topics. Developed and refined through co-design with teacher and youth stakeholders, the design of the “Coding Like a Data Miner” curriculum consists of four iterative modules that apply an inquiry-based learning approach with different levels of support to guide students through the examination of topics of their choosing using computer and data science techniques. The paper concludes with implications of this work for future CS research and education initiatives.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publicationBuilding Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages1498-1501
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330677
StatePublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2023Jun 15 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS
ISSN (Print)1814-9316

Conference

Conference17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period6/10/236/15/23

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)
  • Education

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