@inproceedings{1934a9e26e04406d97a8cc1a28186cf9,
title = "Constructing Computational Identities: Exploring Constructionism and Identity in an Introductory High School Computer Science Course",
abstract = "Justifying universal K12 computer science (CS) education requires a clear articulation of why CS is valuable for all students. Drawing from Constructionist perspectives on the relationship between computers and cognition, we analyze interviews with secondary school students at the end of their time in a 2-year, constructionist CS course to better understand how these students' CS education affected their experiences with computing in their everyday lives. In doing so, we identify three types of experience where students begin to {"}re-see{"}technology: respect, curiosity, and an impetus to do more. We analyze these experiences using Constructionist perspectives on computer cultures, material intelligence, and liberatory pedagogy. Finally, we discuss how computational identity development is a unique process mediated by learners' participation in communities of practice and explore implications of this analysis for the goals of K12 CS education.",
keywords = "Communities of Practice, Computational Identity, CS Education",
author = "Jacob Wolf and Jenny Han and Chris Proctor and Brown, \{Emma Q.\} and Paulo Blikstein",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2023 ACM.; 2023 Constructionism, FABLEARN 2023 ; Conference date: 07-10-2023 Through 11-10-2023",
year = "2024",
month = oct,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1145/3615430.3615446",
language = "English",
series = "ACM International Conference Proceeding Series",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery ",
editor = "Nathan Holbert and Paulo Blikstein",
booktitle = "Proceedings of Constructionism, FABLEARN 2023",
address = "United States",
}