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Underrepresented High Schoolers’ Interests, Engagement, and Experiences in an Information and Communications Technology Summer Workshop: A Three-Year Study

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dc.contributor.authorJohnson, Marcus Leeen
dc.contributor.authorSaid, Hazemen
dc.contributor.authorHedges, Saraien
dc.contributor.authorGibbons, Scotten
dc.contributor.authorMeyer, Helenen
dc.contributor.authorLi, Chengchengen
dc.contributor.authorMichael, Rebekahen
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-21T16:18:09Zen
dc.date.available2021-10-21T16:18:09Zen
dc.date.issued2021-04-11en
dc.date.updated2021-10-21T16:18:07Zen
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we describe our investigation of underrepresented high school students’ interests, engagement, and experiences in design-based Information & Communications Technology (ICT) summer workshop activities; with the goal of identifying activities, aspects, and/or elements of the program that can be tailored or improved upon to attract, engage, educate, and retain high schoolers who have historically been underrepresented in ICT. Our primary research question is “which activities are most engaging for students typically underrepresented in ICT careers and programs,” and we additionally report on underrepresented students’ experiences and psychosocial changes across the summer workshops. A total of 139 high school students (of which 98 identified as being underrepresented female and/or racially minoritized students) participated in the ICT workshops hosted across three consecutive summers at a large, public, urban university in the Midwestern region of the United States. Employing a mixed methods design, our quantitative results and qualitative findings suggest that underrepresented students in our sample found the summer workshops’ group projects and hands-on courses to be the most engaging activities. Implications of our results/findings are further discussed.en
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dc.format.extentPages 1-26en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11256-021-00603-4en
dc.identifier.eissn1573-1960en
dc.identifier.issn0042-0972en
dc.identifier.orcidJohnson, Marcus [0000-0002-4018-4647]en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/105621en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherSpringeren
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject1303 Specialist Studies in Educationen
dc.subjectEducationen
dc.titleUnderrepresented High Schoolers’ Interests, Engagement, and Experiences in an Information and Communications Technology Summer Workshop: A Three-Year Studyen
dc.title.serialThe Urban Reviewen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
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