Computer Science Learning and Inquiring With Students Through Equity Networks (CS-LISTEN). Learning From Youth Participatory Action Research: Reigniting Learning Within High School Students

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session Two
  In Roundtable Session: Youth Activism and Action Research (Table 17)

Abstract

Student voice is oftentimes missing when enacting institutional change seeking to alleviate educational inequities. In this paper, we demonstrate how a National Science Foundation grant (#1923406) known as CS-LISTEN places students as co-researchers (SCRs) in the driver’s seat of investigating inequities in computer science (CS) education in high schools. Students in CS LISTEN work alongside teachers, administrators, and researchers, by employing Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) structures and practices. This paper uses interview data conducted -by students -of students and -for students to show how the YPAR process is meaningful and highly engaging to students as it promotes student teams’ collaborations and introduces them to the social science research process. Ultimately, YPAR work is used to promote institutional change.

Authors

• Minhtuyen Mai, University of California - San Diego
  Presenting Author

• Susan S. Yonezawa, University of California - San Diego
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• Jordan J. Harrison, University of California - San Diego
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• Beth Simon, University of California - San Diego
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• Kirk D. Rogers, California State University - Dominguez Hills
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