INTEGRATING THE HUMANITIES INTO DATA SCIENCE EDUCATION Journal Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Despite growing calls to develop data science students’ ethical awareness and expand human-centered approaches to data science education, introductory courses in the field remain largely technical. A new interdisciplinary data science program aims to merge STEM and humanities perspectives starting at the very beginning of the data science curriculum. Existing literature suggests that humanities integration can make STEM courses more appealing to a wider range of students, including women and students of color, and enhance student learning of essential concepts and foundational reasoning skills, such as those collectively known as data acumen. Cultivating students’ data acumen requires a more inclusive vision of how the knowledge and insights generated through computational methods and statistical analysis relates to other ways of knowing.

publication date

  • July 4, 2022

has restriction

  • bronze

Date in CU Experts

  • July 5, 2022 12:13 PM

Full Author List

  • VANCE EA; GLIMP DR; PIEPLOW ND; GARRITY JM; MELBOURNE BA

author count

  • 5

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Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1570-1824

Additional Document Info

start page

  • 9

end page

  • 9

volume

  • 21

issue

  • 2