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中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。这对于那些在计算方面代表性不足的学生来说尤其有影响力，可以想象或重新想象他们的未来。加州州立大学、萨克拉门托（萨克拉门托州）和麋鹿林联合学区（EGUSD）之间的这种伙伴关系将建立在他们之前的工作基础上，为非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔女孩创造一个更具包容性的高中计算途径。该小组将继续通过一个文化上敏感的专业发展方案，为学区的教师做好准备，目标是将该学区信息和通信技术课程的女生人数增加51%。该项目还将为参与该方案的女孩建立一个全面的支持网络，让家庭、社区组织和行业合作伙伴参与其中。该项目的重点是吸引和留住高中女生在计算课程将确定最佳做法，可以帮助通知学区如何消除系统和历史的障碍，在计算途径和课程。这研究-从业者之间的合作伙伴关系加州州立大学，萨克拉门托（萨克拉门托州）和麋鹿林联合学区（EGUSD）将在先前工作的基础上，提高高中女生在计算机科学（CS）。该项目团队的目标是通过重点招募和留住非裔美国人和拉丁裔女孩进入信息和通信技术（ICT）途径，将EGUSD中参加信息和通信技术（ICT）途径的女孩人数增加51%，从155人增加到300人。该项目团队还将为教师扩展一个文化响应计算PD计划，并将家长和监护人作为一个整体支持网络。该团队的语言响应招聘的使用将加深有关如何扩大高中女生在CS的参与，通过建立在他们的文化和语言资产的知识。该项目还将产生大量的证据，说明教师的专业发展和使用文化敏感的计算在增加女孩在CS中的公平性方面的影响，该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估来支持。

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.