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“Growing as a Person”: Authoring Identity Across Formal CS Education and Everyday Computing Contexts

  • Jacob Wolf
  • , Jenny Han
  • , Chris Proctor
  • , Emma Brown
  • , Jonathan Pang
  • , Paulo Blikstein
  • Harvard University
  • Stanford University
  • Independent Schools Foundation
  • Teachers College

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1 Scopus citations

Abstract

To understand how learners develop identities in computer science (CS), we must investigate learners' experiences with computing throughout their lives. Drawing from a theory of learning as participation in communities of practice, we analyze interviews with high 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. We identify moments where students begin to “re-see” technology which offer insight into how students author their computational identities. However, our analysis reveals that re-seeing does not inevitably align with a positive trajectory of participation in CS. Instead, we discuss how the nuances of students' “re-seeing” experiences combine with various social factors to influence students' computational identity authorship.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISLS Annual Meeting 2023
Subtitle of host publicationBuilding Knowledge and Sustaining our Community - 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023, Proceedings
EditorsPaulo Blikstein, Jan Van Aalst, Rita Kizito, Karen Brennan
PublisherInternational Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS)
Pages1533-1536
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781737330677
StatePublished - 2023
Event17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2023Jun 15 2023

Publication series

NameComputer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL
ISSN (Print)1573-4552

Conference

Conference17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2023
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period06/10/2306/15/23

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