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Fri 17 Mar 2023 16:10 - 16:35 at 701B - K-12: Pedagogical Innovations 3 Chair(s): Wendy Fisher

As issues of ethics, criticality, and social impact become more important in computer science, so does the need to teach them in CS classes. Despite the recent growth of academic writing around ethics in CS and a push for teaching ethics in post-secondary CS classes, the K-12 space has largely been ignored. To explore integrating ethics, criticality, and social impact into K-12 CS classes, we interviewed a diverse group of current US K-12 CS teachers to understand how they conceptualize ethics in CS and see potential opportunities and barriers to ethics integration in their classroom context. When asked about ethical issues in CS, many teachers were initially only familiar with cybersecurity and social media. We then presented them with examples of ethical issues relating to three big ideas we identified in the CS ethics literature: algorithmic bias, algorithmic injustice, and techno-solutionism. Finally, we discussed with teachers how they can teach CS ethics in their own classroom context, which surfaced some opportunities and barriers to ethics integration. We end with a discussion of implications for research and practice.

Fri 17 Mar

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15:45 - 17:00
K-12: Pedagogical Innovations 3Papers at 701B
Chair(s): Wendy Fisher Colorado School of Mines
15:45
25m
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Draw a Computing Student: Facilitating Semi-Structured Interviews Through DrawingK12In-PersonGlobal
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Elliot Varoy The University of Auckland, Nasser Giacaman The University of Auckland, Andrew Luxton-Reilly The University of Auckland, Kerry Lee University of Auckland
DOI
16:10
25m
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How K-12 CS Teachers Conceptualize CS Ethics: Future Opportunities and Barriers to Ethics Integration in K-12 CSK12In-Person
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Anne Drew Hu Michigan State University, Aman Yadav Michigan State University
DOI
16:35
25m
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The Role of Spatial Orientation in Diagram Design for Computational Thinking Development in K-8 TeachersK12In-Person
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Jean Salac University of Washington, Seattle, Donna Eatinger University of Chicago, Diana Franklin University of Chicago
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