In this episode I unpack Walker, Sherif, and Breazeal’s (2022) publication titled “Liberatory computing education for African American students,” which unpacks and situates the five pillars of the liberation framework proposed by El-Amin within data activism modules.

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How to Get Started with Computer Science Education

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00:00 Intro

00:43 Abstract

01:53 My single sentence summary

02:03 Paper introduction

03:14 Background

04:34 The liberatory computing through data activation modules

05:03 Sound racial identity

06:34 Critical consciousness

09:00 Collective obligation

12:02 Liberation centered academic achievement/identity

13:15 Activism skills

14:30 Discussion

15:16 Lingering questions and thoughts

15:23 What other oppressed identities might the liberation framework apply to?

16:28 What would this look like in other areas of CS (i.e., other than data analysis)?

16:59 When might a focus on activism cause harm to students?

18:44 Outro