4: Critical computational literacies

We will draw parallels between the disciplinary conversation within English/Language Arts and current debates within K-12 CS education in order to center questions of inclusion, representation, and power. We will identify several specific senses of "critical" education and make connections between the readings and our own experiences as students and teachers.

For Benjamin (2019), please read the introduction (pp. 1-48).

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Readings

Benjamin, R. (2019). Race after Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code. Polity.

Vakil, S. (2018 , March). Ethics, Identity, and Political Vision: Toward a Justice-Centered Approach to Equity in Computer Science Education. Harvard Educational Review, 88(1), 26–52. doi:10.17763/1943-5045-88.1.26