ERIC Number: EJ1472002
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025
Pages: 37
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-7069
EISSN: EISSN-1943-5924
Available Date: 0000-00-00
A Landscape Study: Computer Science (CS) Education State Supervisors and Their Role in Developing Equitable CS Pathways
Janice Mak; Carolina Torrejon Capurro; Marissa Castellana; Megean Garvin
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, v33 n1 p109-145 2025
This landscape study explored structural barriers to diversity in computing education by focusing on Computer Science Education State Supervisors (CSEdSS) in state education agencies. Positioned in 41 states, CSEdSS play a crucial role in ensuring equitable access to K-12 CS learning pathways. Despite efforts to expand CS education policy, equity issues in access persist. Based on a survey of CSEdSS (n=32) with a 78% response rate, we applied the Capacity for, Access to, Participation in, and Experience of (CAPE) Framework to analyze CSEdSS survey responses to questions about how they enact their role and the ways in which equity in CS education impacts their work. Findings revealed that CSEdSS leveraged the opportunities available to them to build capacity and advance equitable access to CS education across diverse state contexts, even as they navigated systems that present challenges to equitable implementation. The results highlighted the importance of using a critical analysis approach to interrogate policy enactment through a sociocultural and systems-based lens, addressing the complexities of implementing CS education policies at macrosystem, mesosystem, and microsystem levels to support inclusive and equitable pathways in CS education.
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Equal Education, Access to Education, Educational Policy, Guidelines, Sociocultural Patterns, Systems Approach, Barriers, State Agencies, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Surveys, Work Environment, State Policy, Policy Analysis, Administrator Characteristics, Supervisors, Kindergarten, Elementary Secondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Early Childhood Education; Elementary Education; Kindergarten; Primary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
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Grant or Contract Numbers: 2239481
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