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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1366906
This article is part of the Research Topic Educational Transformation: 21st century skills and challenges for higher education View all 17 articles

Enriching Computing Identity Frameworks: Integrating Current Constructs and Unveiling New Dimensions for Today's Tech-Savvy World -A Systematic Review

Provisionally accepted
Malavika Santhosh Malavika Santhosh 1Nitha Siby Nitha Siby 2Abdellatif Sellami Abdellatif Sellami 1Jolly Bhadra Jolly Bhadra 2Zubair Ahmad Zubair Ahmad 1,2*
  • 1 Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
  • 2 1Qatar University Young Scientists Center (QUYSC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

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    This systematic review seeks to improve the existing framework for developing students' Computing Identity (CI) by integrating contemporary elements and identifying new dimensions. A meticulous selection of 31 articles followed the PRISMA (Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses) protocol, ensuring a comprehensive and systematic approach. The findings highlight factors that influence students' CI and also the constructs defining the frameworks for developing students' CI. The identified existing constructs are competence/performance, interest, sense of belonging, and recognition in computing, with competence/performance being the most explored and recognition the least. The review proposes a new framework for developing students' CI that includes the "social context" as it interweaves with existing constructs to shape the multifaceted process of CI formation. The findings underscore a research gap concerning the inclusion of diverse perspectives, which is essential for a richer understanding of CI. Additionally, the study emphasizes the potential to incorporate new elements to enhance the existing frameworks for developing students' CI, along with its validation in diverse contexts.

    Keywords: Computing Identity Frameworks, Computing identity, Computing identity constructs, Identity, Systematic review

    Received: 07 Jan 2024; Accepted: 30 Aug 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Santhosh, Siby, Sellami, Bhadra and Ahmad. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Zubair Ahmad, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar

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