The Wicked Problem of Dropouts
Paper i proceeding, 2024

Why do young girls leave coding classes? The research presented in this report takes a deep dive into the exploration of the complex factors influencing the dropout rates of girls involved in a Creative Coding project. Creative Coding initiative targets female empowerment, girls aged from 10-15, by combining the worlds of coding and music in one learning environment. The project's primary objectives are to empower girls in the realms of technology and creativity, enhance their social capital, and foster their engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) disciplines. Despite its noble intentions, usage of the interesting innovative audio-visual tool, and collaboration with specifically chosen mentors and teachers that collaborated on this project, we observed a substantial dropout rate during its initial phases. This study honestly and rigorously investigates the underlying reasons for 50% attrition looking at it as a wicked problem, and explores potential remedies.

STEAM

innovative teaching

Live Coding

wicked problems

girls' empowerment

Strudel

Författare

Jasmina Maric

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering

Lekshmi Murali Rani

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Interaktionsdesign och Software Engineering

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

535
9798400703317 (ISBN)

2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Sytems, CHI EA 2024
Hybrid, Honolulu, USA,

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DOI

10.1145/3613905.3637129

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2024-06-10