Autism: Implications for Inclusive Education with respect to Software Engineering

S. Stuurman; H.J.M. Passier; Frédérieke Geven; E. Barendsen

doi:10.1145/3375258.3375261

Autism: Implications for Inclusive Education with respect to Software Engineering

S. Stuurman, H.J.M. Passier, Frédérieke Geven, E. Barendsen

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Within Computer science and Software engineering, the prevalenceof students with a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is relativelyhigh. Ideally, education should be inclusive, with which we meanthat education must be given in such a way that additional supportis needed as little as possible.In this paper, we present an overview on what is known aboutthe cognitive style of autistic individuals and compare that cognitivethinking style with computational thinking, thinking as an engineer,and with academic thinking. We illustrate the cognitive style ofautistic students with anecdotes from our students.From the comparison, we derive a set of guidelines for inclusiveeducation, and we present ideas for future work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	CSERC '19
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference
Editors	Ebrahim Rahimi, Dave Stikkolorum
Place of Publication	New York, NY
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages	15-25
Number of pages	11
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4503-7717-1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3375258.3375261
Publication status	Published - Nov 2019
Event	8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC'19) - University of Cyprus, Larnaca, Cyprus Duration: 18 Nov 2019 → 20 Nov 2019 Conference number: 8

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Conference	8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC'19)
Abbreviated title	CSERC
Country/Territory	Cyprus
City	Larnaca
Period	18/11/19 → 20/11/19

Keywords

Autism
Autism spectrum disorder
Cognitive thinking style
Inclusive Education
Thinking style

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Stuurman, S., Passier, H. J. M., Geven, F., & Barendsen, E. (2019). Autism: Implications for Inclusive Education with respect to Software Engineering. In E. Rahimi, & D. Stikkolorum (Eds.), CSERC '19: Proceedings of the 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (1 ed., pp. 15-25). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). https://doi.org/10.1145/3375258.3375261

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Stuurman, S , Passier, HJM, Geven, F & Barendsen, E 2019, Autism: Implications for Inclusive Education with respect to Software Engineering. in E Rahimi & D Stikkolorum (eds), CSERC '19: Proceedings of the 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference. 1 edn, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), New York, NY, pp. 15-25, 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference (CSERC'19), Larnaca, Cyprus, 18/11/19. https://doi.org/10.1145/3375258.3375261

Autism: Implications for Inclusive Education with respect to Software Engineering. / Stuurman, S.; Passier, H.J.M.; Geven, Frédérieke et al.
CSERC '19: Proceedings of the 8th Computer Science Education Research Conference. ed. / Ebrahim Rahimi; Dave Stikkolorum. 1. ed. New York, NY: Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019. p. 15-25.

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