- Research shows that connecting the social and cultural worlds of traditionally underrepresented students’ further deepens their engagement with and learning of computer science.
- Blending the practices of the field in locally meaningful way relates the faraway world of science to the real lives of your students.
- To learn more about this research, check out "We Be Burnin’! Agency, Identity, and Science Learning" by Barton, Calabrese and Tan.
- This allows students to apply their personal and social interests to their academic work, "to develop a personal relationship with computing."
- This is inline with the goal of teaching "CS for each!"
- Visit the ECS curriculum (Exploring Computer Science) for more information on how to design learning activities that draw on students’ local knowledge, cultural identity, and social interests.
- Note from CS Teaching Tips Team: For an example of such an assignment, check out another tip from Joanna Goode!
