ERIC Number: EJ1459375
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0818
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Computer Science for Secondary Multilingual Learners: How School Policies and Practices Enable and Constrain Equitable Access
Megan Hopkins; Hayley Weddle
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v57 n1 p110-124 2025
Computer Science affords a unique context for English Learners (who we refer to as Multilingual Learners or MLs) to engage in disciplinary practices that support computational thinking and language development. Yet MLs at the secondary level tend to be systematically excluded from CS courses. Through a collaborative research process involving teachers, counselors, and administrators in seven high schools, this study considered: How do school policies and practices enable or constrain CS course access for MLs? Findings from qualitative analyses revealed how school structures, norms, and educators' mindsets represented both enablers of and barriers to CS access.
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Multilingualism, Secondary School Students, Educational Policy, Access to Education, Equal Education, English (Second Language), English Learners
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: Department of Education (ED)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: U411C190048
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