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California 4-H Computer Science Education Pathway, Steven M. Worker, Roshan Nayak, Fe Moncloa
California 4-H Computer Science Education Pathway, Steven M. Worker, Roshan Nayak, Fe Moncloa
The Journal of Extension
Young people need digital competency and confidence to effectively harness computing power to solve problems and design solutions; a core component is improving young people’s computational thinking. Unfortunately, access to computer science education is lacking for all youth, and in particular for youth who live in lower-income households, who are Black or Latino, or live in rural areas. With funding from Google, through the National 4-H Council, California 4-H embarked on a three-year project to build the capacity of 4-H professionals, volunteers, and teenagers to facilitate computer science education with youth. Our programming was effective as assessed with survey methodology. …