@inproceedings{877744a27f674e88854cc0e9bec8e6a3,
title = "Understanding parents' perceived barriers to engaging their children in out-of-school computer science programs",
abstract = "To address participation inequities among youth in computer science programs, this study examined how parents evaluate outof- school time (OST) STEM programs for their children. We facilitated a workshop and conducted interviews with parents in Digital Youth Divas (DYD), an OST STEM program for middleschool girls who are underrepresented in computing. We found that parents prefer programs that are free, at accessible locations, and run by reputable educational institutions. Parents also identified barriers such as the lack of a parent network and conflicting schedules. Our results suggest several recommendations to address these barriers.",
keywords = "Out-of-school time, Parents, Stem programs",
author = "Bo Ju and Olivia Ravenscroft and Evelyn Flores and Denise Nacu and Sheena Erete and Nichole Pinkard",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). Publication rights licensed to ACM.; 51st ACM SIGCSE Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, SIGCSE 2020 ; Conference date: 11-03-2020 Through 14-03-2020",
year = "2020",
month = feb,
day = "26",
doi = "10.1145/3328778.3372663",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
pages = "1272",
booktitle = "SIGCSE 2020 - Proceedings of the 51st ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education",
}