This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 6 Aug 2025 14:25 - 14:50 at Grove Ballroom I+II - K: School Student Conceptions

Computer science (CS) is gradually being recognized as a crucial component in secondary education around the world, prompting researchers and educators to work towards uncovering effective CS pedagogies, learning barriers, and student attitudes towards CS. However, prior research has yet to explicitly include the voices of secondary students in this conversation, and ask them what they want the pedagogy of their CS education to look like. In this study, we ask (1) what perceptions do secondary students have of CS education, and (2) what pedagogical desires do secondary students have for CS education? We investigated these questions with a cohort of 18 secondary students through co-design and speculative design workshops. Our analysis shows that students believe CS pedagogy should: have distributed responsibility and accountability, value the whole individual, foreground autonomy, community, and collaboration, as well as extend outside the classroom. Additionally, students believe CS pedagogy should support learning and be engaging and relevant. This work points to the urgency and importance of re-examining, disrupting, re-imagining, and redesigning what secondary CS classrooms, environments, and pedagogies educators should adopt in order to appeal to more students and and provide experiences for students to thrive.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 6 Aug

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14:00 - 14:50
K: School Student ConceptionsResearch Papers at Grove Ballroom I+II
14:00
25m
Talk
Unplugged, Scratch, and Python: Tracing Primary Students’ Preconceptions of Programming Structures
Research Papers
Katrin Kunz Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen; LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, Tim Wenzel Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Jana Wacker Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen, Katerina Tsarava Hector Research Institute of Education Sciences and Psychology, University of Tübingen; LEAD Graduate School & Research Network
14:25
25m
Talk
Dreaming of Difference: Imagining the Future of CS Education Pedagogy with Secondary Students
Research Papers
Jayne Everson University of Washington, Rotem Landesman University of Washington, Megumi Kivuva University of Washington, Seattle, Amy Ko University of Washington