Expanding Girl Power by Design: Continuing to Broaden Participation in Information and Communication Technology Pathways

将学生的文化身份融入计算机科学教学已被证明可以支持学生的学习，并解决权力、种族和性别问题。这对那些在计算机领域代表性不足的学生来说尤其有影响力，他们可以想象或重新想象自己的未来。加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（萨克拉门托州立大学）和埃尔克格罗夫联合学区（EGUSD）之间的合作伙伴关系将建立在他们之前的工作基础上，即创建一个对非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔女孩更具包容性的高中计算机途径。该团队将继续通过一个文化响应型专业发展项目为学区的教师做准备，目标是将报名参加该地区信息和通信技术课程的女孩人数增加51%。该项目还将为参与该项目的女孩建立一个全面的支持网络，包括家庭、社区组织和行业合作伙伴。该项目的重点是吸引和留住高中女生参加计算机课程，这将确定最佳实践，帮助学区了解如何消除计算机途径和课程中的系统和历史障碍。加州州立大学萨克拉门托分校（萨克拉门托州立大学）和埃尔克格罗夫联合学区（EGUSD）之间的研究-实践伙伴关系将建立在先前的工作基础上，以提高高中女生在计算机科学（CS）领域的代表性。项目团队的目标是通过重点招收和留住非裔美国人和拉丁裔女孩进入信息和通信技术途径，将EGUSD中信息和通信技术（ICT）途径的女孩人数从155人增加到300人，增加51%。项目团队还将为教师扩展一个具有文化响应性的计算机PD项目，并让家长和监护人参与其中，形成一个全面的支持网络。该团队采用的语言响应式招聘将加深对如何利用高中女生的文化和语言优势，扩大她们参与计算机科学的认识。该项目还将提供大量证据，证明教师的专业发展和对文化敏感的计算机的使用对提高女孩在计算机科学方面的公平性的影响。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Incorporating students’ cultural identities into computer science teaching has been shown to support student learning and address issues of power, race, and gender. This is particularly impactful for students who are underrepresented in computing to imagine, or reimagine, their futures. This partnership between California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) and the Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) will build upon their prior work in creating a high school computing pathway that is more inclusive for African American and Latina girls. The team will continue preparing teachers in the school district through a culturally responsive professional development program and aims to increase the number of girls enrolled in the district’s Information and Communication Technology courses by 51%. This project will also create a holistic network of support for the girls participating in the program that engages families, community organizations, and industry partners. The project’s focus on engaging and retaining high school girls in computing courses will identify best practices that can help inform school districts on how to remove systemic and historical barriers in computing pathways and classes.This research-practitioner partnership between California State University, Sacramento (Sacramento State) and the Elk Grove Unified School District (EGUSD) will build upon prior work to improve the representation of high school girls in computer science (CS). The project team aims to increase the number of girls enrolled in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Pathways in EGUSD by 51%, from 155 to 300, by focusing on recruiting and retaining African Americans and Latina girls into the ICT pathway. The project team will also scale a culturally responsive computing PD program for teachers and engage parents and guardians as a holistic support network. The team’s use of linguistically responsive recruitment will deepen knowledge about how to broaden the participation of high school girls in CS by building on their cultural and linguistic assets. The project will also generate substantial evidence on the impact of teachers' professional development and the use of culturally responsive computing in increasing equity in CS for girls.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.