In this episode I unpack Ivey et al.’s (2021) publication titled “Abolitionist computer science teaching: Moving from access to justice,” which argues that the field of CS education can use abolitionist pedagogical practices to move from focusing on access to focusing on the full humanity of students.

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00:00 Intro

00:29 Abstract

01:20 My single sentence summary

02:15 Paper introduction

03:37 Theoretical framework

09:14 Methods

09:35 Results

15:29 Lingering questions and thoughts

15:42 What other abolitionist practices are missing from this article that you might recommend?

16:14 How might these pedagogical practices inform how you consider other demographic categories besides race/ethnicity alone?

17:05 When is centering a demographic or genetic characteristic a form of axiological colonization?

19:20 Outro