Supporting and Engaging Students from Low-SES Backgrounds
There are existing inequities of groups who are underserved and underrepresented in Computer Science, the tech fields, and Computer Science Education courses. These include students with LOW SES (socioeconomic status) backgrounds.
SES encompasses not just income but also educational attainment, financial security, and subjective perceptions of social status and social class.
SES can encompass quality of life attributes as well as the opportunities and privileges afforded to people within society.
Low SES and its correlates, such as lower educational achievement, poverty and poor health, ultimately affect our society.
Who is Engaged?
How can we help address the educational needs of our Low SES students and ENGAGE them?
Provide Equitable and Inclusive Teaching Practices
Resources:
Education and Socioeconomic Status Factsheet
American Psychological Association. (n.d.). Education and socioeconomic status factsheet. American Psychological Association. Retrieved August 27, 2022, from https://www.apa.org/pi/ses/resources/publications/education
Reaching and teaching students in poverty by Paul Gorski
Gorski, P. (2017). Reaching and teaching students in poverty. TEACHERS COLLEGE Press.
Computing Education Research Blog by Mark Gudzial, professor at the University of Michigan in Computer Science & Engineering, Engineering Education Research and Information.
(2020, July 20). Proposal #1 to Change CS Education to Reduce Inequity: Teach .... Retrieved July 28, 2022, from https://computinged.wordpress.com/2020/07/20/proposal-1-to-change-cs-education-to-reduce-inequity-teach-computer-science-to-advantage-the-students-with-less-background/
What should teachers understand in order to address student diversity in their classrooms?
What should teachers understand in order to address student diversity in their classrooms? IRIS Center. (n.d.). Retrieved August 27, 2022, from https://iris.peabody.vanderbilt.edu/module/div/cresource/q2/p06/
Reflection Activity
Consider the following questions:
Which one of these strategies would you like to investigate more and use that will be successful in engaging students from Low-SES (socio-economic status) backgrounds?
