ERIC Number: EJ1377739
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-May
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-8756-3894
EISSN: EISSN-1559-7075
Ancestral Computing for Sustainability: Centering Indigenous Epistemologies in Researching Computer Science Education
López-Quiñones, Alyssa; Martinez-Lopez, Marlen; Moreno Sandoval, Cueponcaxochitl D.; Carroll-Miranda, Joseph; Lindala, April E.; Chatman, Michelle C.; Fleming, Jeffery; Shockley, Ebony Terrell; Cadeau, Denise; Flores-Reyes, Elizabeth
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, v67 n3 p435-445 May 2023
This article offers Ancestral Computing for Sustainability (ACS) to dismantle the logics of settler colonialism that affect accessibility, identities, and epistemologies of computer science education (CSE). ACS centers Indigenous epistemologies in researching CSE across four public universities in the United States. This paper describes Ancestral Computing for Sustainability and explores reflections of two students engaging as researchers in ACS inquiry. Drawing on Indigenous methodologies and Participatory Action Research, they share their reflections as co-researchers in ACS through storywork. These critical reflections include their relationship to computing, observations of the interdependent work within ACS, ethics and sustainability, and their experiences within the focus groups. The article ends with recommendations for furthering ACS as a decolonial approach that centers Indigenous epistemologies in CSE. Recommendations for CSE education include Ancestral Knowledge Systems and adding sustainability as a topic within computing education pathways and building student-faculty relationships based on trust is recommended to foster students' academic and personal growth within CSE education and research.
Descriptors: Decolonization, Computer Science Education, Sustainability, Indigenous Knowledge, Epistemology, Educational Research, Participatory Research, Action Research, College Students, Ethics, Trust (Psychology), Teacher Student Relationship
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: 1938153