In this episode I unpack Hu and Yadav’s (2023) publication titled “How K-12 CS teachers conceptualize CS ethics: Future opportunities and barriers to ethics integration in K-12 CS,” which explores K-12 CS educators’ perspectives on ethics before and after an introduction to the big ideas around ethics in computing.

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00:00 Introduction

00:35 Abstract

01:41 One sentence summary

01:59 Paper introduction

02:47 Research questions

03:24 Background

03:57 Big ideas in CS ethics

05:05 Methods

05:39 Findings

05:43 RQ1a: Pre-conceptualizations of CS ethics

06:33 RQ1b: Post-conceptualizations of CS ethics

08:04 RQ2a: Opportunities and barriers

11:11 RQ2b: Values

12:13 Lingering questions and thoughts

12:15 What does this mean for PD and curriculum providers?

12:57 How does your desire to integrate ethics compare with your desire to focus on equity? Where do the two overlap and diverge?

13:27 How has your understanding of ethics changed over time?

14:00 Do you prefer mini series or something new every week?

15:10 Outro