CSinc: An inclusive K-12 outreach model

Karen Nolan, Roisin Faherty, Keith Quille, Brett A. Becker, Susan Bergin

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Abstract

This poster describes the early development of a K-12 outreach model, named CSinc, to promote CS in Ireland. It has already been piloted with over 4500 K-12 students in its first year. At the heart of the model is a two-hour camp that incorporates an on-site school delivery. Schools from all over Ireland self-selected to participate, including male only, female only and mixed schools. The no-cost nature of the model meant a range of schools participated from officially designated "disadvantaged" to private fee-paying. During the initial deployment over 2500 pre- and post- surveys have been collected. This data will allow for further model improvement and validation. A positive initial outcome was the balance of male and female participants, 46:54 respectively. This poster describes the model structure in detail and outlines early findings.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 19th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2019
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9781450377157
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Nov 2019
Event19th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2019 - Koli, Finland
Duration: 21 Nov 201924 Nov 2019

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference19th Koli Calling Conference on Computing Education Research, Koli Calling 2019
Country/TerritoryFinland
CityKoli
Period21/11/1924/11/19

Keywords

  • Computer Science Education
  • Computing Camps
  • K-12
  • Outreach

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