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Equitable Learning

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Title
Equitable Learning
Alternate name
Chapter 3
Abstract/Description
The chapter on equitable learning by Barry Fishman and Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl continues the conversation around defining a critical practice of improvement research by advancing the premise that our underlying theories of learning shape all aspects of how we and others engage with improvement research initiatives. The authors frame this conversation with a highlight on the contrast between improvement approaches that are aimed at “doing things better” through incremental approaches that build on existing assumptions and those that aim at “doing better things” through structural transformation. The authors describe how learning theory influences the ways that improvement research must negotiate this contrast, especially when that research intends to address issues of equity and justice. The chapter gives a brief introduction to three major theories of learning—behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism—and how each frames improvement. From this vantage point, the authors advance sociocultural theories of learning, especially critical approaches, as best suited to supporting dimensions that matter most for issues of equity and justice—the cultural, historical, political, ethical, structural, and relational dimensions of learning. The chapter concludes with two examples of improvement research in education that employ a sociocultural or critical sociocultural frame.
[Quoted from p. 25 of Handbook]
Author/creator
Fishman, Barry J.
Herrenkohl, Leslie Rupert
Date
2022
In publication
The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education
Editor
Peurach, Donald J.
Russell, Jennifer Lin
Cohen-Vogel, Lora
Penuel, William R.
Pages
47-66
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Resource type
en Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
en Published Text
Scholarship genre
en Theoretical
en Synthesis/Overview
IRE Approach/Concept
Equity-Focused Improvement
Equity
Infrastructuring
Learning Theory
Research Practice Partnership (RPP)
Critical Improvement Practice
Social Design Experiment/Social Design-Based Experiment (SDBE)
Sociocultural Theory
Featured case/project
Center for Learning Technologies in Urban Schools (LeTUS) Program
STUDIO: Build Our World
Language
en-us
Open access/full-text available
en No
ISBN
978-1-5381-5234-8
URL
Publisher Webpage
Other related resources/entities
Learning Theory and Improvement Practice
Citation
Fishman, B. J., & Herrenkohl, L. R. (2022). Equitable Learning. In D. J. Peurach, J. L. Russell, L. Cohen-Vogel, & W. R. Penuel (Eds.), The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781538152348/The-Foundational-Handbook-on-Improvement-Research-in-Education
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The Foundational Handbook on Improvement Research in Education

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