Confronting Inequities in Computer Science Education: A Case for Critical Theory
Confronting Inequities in Computer Science Education: A Case for Critical Theory
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面对计算机科学教育中的不平等：批判理论的案例
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2021
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A. Cheuoua
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我们如何才能更好地解决CS教育中普遍存在的不平等问题？虽然经验性的努力推动了教育学的发展，创造了创新的学习工具，并加深了我们对学习者认知的理解，但我们仍然让许多学生失望。在CS中，谁可以访问和谁成功的差距依然存在。在这份立场文件中，我认为我们需要重新考虑我们如何处理CS教育研究(CSER)。以前的研究讨论集中在方法论上，但研究设计受到的影响不仅仅是数据收集的战略和方法。他们还受到世界如何运行的哲学的指导。在CSER中占主导地位的哲学观点很好地帮助我们回答了一些问题，例如哪些教学方法会取得更大的成就，或者替代编程概念是如何发展的。然而，面对阻碍一些学习者坐在谈判桌前的系统性问题，可能需要一种变革性的研究视角。我引入批判性理论作为一种手段，将不平等和边缘化人群的声音放在我们研究的前沿。这一点通过对三个例子的分析得到证明：对为拉丁裔青年服务的研究从业者伙伴关系中权力差异的叙事性民族志分析；对黑人学者进入IT职业生涯的自我民族志研究；以及一项调查研究，考察了来自小规模群体的学生的兴趣、刻板印象和CS职业意图之间的关系。最后，我呼吁采取行动，在我们的传播场所和职业发展机会中增加对批评理论的使用和接受。
How might we better address the pervasive inequities in CS education? While empirical efforts have advanced pedagogy, created innovative learning tools, and deepened our understanding of learner cognition, we are still failing many students. Disparities in who can access and who succeeds in CS persist. In this position paper I argue that we need to reconsider how we approach CS education research (CSER). Prior research discussions have focused on methodologies, but research designs are influenced by more than strategies and methods of data collection. They are also guided by philosophies of how the world works. Philosophical views dominant in CSER have served us well in answering questions such as which instructional approaches lead to greater achievement or how do alternative programming conceptions develop. However, confronting systemic problems that prevent some learners from being at the table might require a transformative research lens. I introduce critical theory as a means to put inequities and the voices of the marginalized at the fore of our research. This is demonstrated through the analysis of three examples: a narrative ethnographic analysis of the power differences in a researcher practitioner partnership serving Latinx youth; an autoethnography of a Black scholar's journey into an IT career; and a survey study examining the relationship between interest, stereotypes and CS career intentions in students from minoritized groups. Lastly, I offer a call to action for increasing the use and acceptance of critical theory in our dissemination venues and professional development opportunities.