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Title
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Equitable Learning
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Alternate name
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Chapter 3
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Abstract/Description
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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.
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[Quoted from p. 25 of Handbook]
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Date
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2022
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Editor
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Peurach, Donald J.
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Russell, Jennifer Lin
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Cohen-Vogel, Lora
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Penuel, William R.
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Pages
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47-66
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Publisher
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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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IRE Approach/Concept
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Equity-Focused Improvement
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Equity
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Infrastructuring
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Learning Theory
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Research Practice Partnership (RPP)
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Critical Improvement Practice
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Social Design Experiment/Social Design-Based Experiment (SDBE)
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Sociocultural Theory
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Language
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en-us
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Open access/full-text available
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en
No
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ISBN
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978-1-5381-5234-8
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Citation
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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
STUDIO: Build Our World
Learning Theory and Improvement Practice
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