ERIC Number: EJ1459431
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-1539-1523
EISSN: EISSN-1945-0818
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Culturally-Sustaining and Revitalizing Computer Science Education for Indigenous Students
Jill Bowdon; Tia Byers; Kathryn M. Rich; Marissa Spang; Veronica Miller; Elena Singer; Amanda LeClair-Diaz
Journal of Research on Technology in Education, v57 n1 p218-234 2025
Computer science (CS) teachers are still learning how to enact culturally-sustaining/revitalizing CS education for Indigenous students. In response, elementary teachers on the Wind River Reservation, a professional development provider, researchers, and the Wyoming Department of Education formed a researcher-practitioner collaborative to implement and study the implementation of culturally- sustaining/revitalizing CS lessons using design-based implementation research (DBIR) practices. Researchers collected data via interviews, reflection forms, and observations. Findings indicated that teachers used students' funds of knowledge to support engagement and expanded lessons to reflect Indigenous priorities of language revitalization and Tribal sovereignty. Creating culturally-sustaining/revitalizing CS education was a collective activity, drawing on interdependence of teachers and students.
Descriptors: Cultural Maintenance, Computer Science Education, Culturally Relevant Education, Indigenous Populations, Elementary School Teachers, American Indian Reservations, Reservation American Indians, State Departments of Education, Faculty Development, Curriculum Implementation, Educational Research, Partnerships in Education, Indigenous Personnel, Teacher Attitudes, Language Maintenance, Tribal Sovereignty, Tribes, Student Needs, Barriers, Cultural Background, Student Characteristics, Cultural Capital
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), Directorate for STEM Education (EDU)
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Identifiers - Location: Wyoming
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1923375; 2318064
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