In this episode I unpack Wang and Moghadam’s (2017) publication titled “Diversity barriers in K-12 computer science education: Structural and social,” which describes potential structural and social barriers for Black, Hispanic, and female students in K-12 contexts.

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00:00 Intro

00:29 Abstract

01:52 Paper introduction

03:56 Methods

04:41 Results: Interest in CS

06:39 Results: Race/ethnicity

12:38 Results: Gender

15:40 Lingering questions and thoughts

15:51 If everyone within a demographic category participates in CS as part of mandatory classes, but only a subset of the demographic chooses to further their learning outside of the class, why is that?

16:55 If non-binary individuals were also included in this survey, how would their results potentially change the rationales for the findings?

17:43 What other ways might we address demographic imbalances in CS education and CS as a field?

18:56 Outro