{"id":2935,"date":"2021-01-05T17:32:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/?p=2935"},"modified":"2022-09-20T11:14:32","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T10:14:32","slug":"news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-was-invited-speaker-for-the-raspberry-pi-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/05\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-was-invited-speaker-for-the-raspberry-pi-foundation\/","title":{"rendered":"NEWS \u2013 Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation) was invited speaker for the Raspberry Pi Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>Dr. Billy Wong<\/strong><\/a> (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) spoke to fellow researchers and practitioners on Tuesday 5<sup>th<\/sup> January 2021 as part of Raspberry Pi Foundation\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/computing-education-research-online-seminars\/\">Computing education research series<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Together with his colleague, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcl.ac.uk\/people\/peter-kemp\"><strong>Dr. Peter Kemp<\/strong><\/a> from King\u2019s College London, the seminar discussed concerns around the participation and attainment of underrepresented students in computing education in England.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/05\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-was-invited-speaker-for-the-raspberry-pi-foundation\/1-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2943\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2943 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1-1024x478.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1-1536x716.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/1-2-1.png 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/05\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-was-invited-speaker-for-the-raspberry-pi-foundation\/5-2-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2944\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2944\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1-1024x477.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"298\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1-1536x716.png 1536w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2021\/01\/5-2-1.png 1789w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A blog of the seminar by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/suesentance.net\/\">Dr. Sue Sentence<\/a><\/strong>, Chief Learning Officer at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/about\/meet-the-team\/\">Raspberry Pi Foundation<\/a><\/strong>, can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raspberrypi.org\/blog\/computing-education-underrepresentation-data-england-schools\/\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The relevant papers from these talks are below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kemp, P. E. J.,\u00a0Wong, B.\u00a0and\u00a0Berry, M. G.\u00a0(2019)\u00a0Female performance and participation in computer science: a national picture.\u00a0ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 20 (1). 4. doi:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3366016\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3366016<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wong, B.\u00a0and\u00a0Kemp, P. E. J.\u00a0(2018)\u00a0Technical boys and creative girls: the career aspirations of digitally-skilled youths.\u00a0The Cambridge Journal of Education, 48 (3). pp. 301-316. ISSN 1469-3577 doi:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0305764X.2017.1325443\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/0305764X.2017.1325443<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wong, B.\u00a0(2017)\u00a0\u2018I\u2019m good, but not that good\u2019: digitally-skilled young people\u2019s identity in computing.\u00a0Computer Science Education, 26 (4). pp. 299-317. ISSN 0899-3408 doi:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08993408.2017.1292604\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/08993408.2017.1292604<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on Dr. Wong\u2019s research, visit his staff profile page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/education\/about\/staff\/b-wong.aspx\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>. You can also follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billybwong\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/2021\/01\/25\/news-dr-billy-wong-associate-professor-in-widening-participation-university-of-reading-and-his-colleague-dr-peter-kemp-principal-investigator-from-kings-college-london\/billy2-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2923\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2020\/12\/billy2-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation, University of Reading) spoke to fellow researchers and practitioners on Tuesday 5th January 2021 as part of Raspberry Pi Foundation\u2019s Computing education&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#101;&#100;&#117;&#99;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#49;&#47;&#48;&#49;&#47;&#48;&#53;&#47;&#110;&#101;&#119;&#115;&#45;&#100;&#114;&#45;&#98;&#105;&#108;&#108;&#121;&#45;&#119;&#111;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#97;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#99;&#105;&#97;&#116;&#101;&#45;&#112;&#114;&#111;&#102;&#101;&#115;&#115;&#111;&#114;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#45;&#119;&#105;&#100;&#101;&#110;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#45;&#112;&#97;&#114;&#116;&#105;&#99;&#105;&#112;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#45;&#119;&#97;&#115;&#45;&#105;&#110;&#118;&#105;&#116;&#101;&#100;&#45;&#115;&#112;&#101;&#97;&#107;&#101;&#114;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#114;&#45;&#116;&#104;&#101;&#45;&#114;&#97;&#115;&#112;&#98;&#101;&#114;&#114;&#121;&#45;&#112;&#105;&#45;&#102;&#111;&#117;&#110;&#100;&#97;&#116;&#105;&#111;&#110;&#47;\">Read More ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":354,"featured_media":2936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news-blog-posts"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NEWS \u2013 Dr. Billy Wong (Associate Professor in Widening Participation) was invited speaker for the Raspberry Pi Foundation &#183; 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