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]
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Date
In publication
Pages
47-66
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Resource type
Research/Scholarly Media
Resource status/form
Published Text
Scholarship genre
Theoretical
Synthesis/Overview
IRE Approach/Concept
Featured case/project
Open access/full-text available
No
ISBN
978-1-5381-5234-8
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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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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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 Section I: Foundations of Improvement Research in Education [Foundational Handbook] |
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
|---|---|---|
 Learning Theory and Improvement Practice |
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