Instructional coherence framework: four student-centered approaches share commitments to identity, agency, equity, and community

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A framework developed by Browning et al. (2022) that helps secondary school leaders build a coherent instructional vision by integrating formative assessment, deeper learning, culturally responsive and sustaining education, and personalized learning around shared commitments to identity, agency, equity, and community.

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• Instructional coherence framework: four student-centered approaches share commitments to identity, agency, equity, and community: The paper offers a framework for understanding formative assessment, deeper learning, culturally responsive and sustaining education, and personalized learning as complementary rather than competing approaches. It states that the four approaches 'share a common aspirational commitment—to provide student learning experiences rooted in developing identity, prioritizing learner agency, educating for equity, and honoring and activating community assets.' The framework is intended to help school leaders build an instructional vision using practices shared across all four approaches, since no single approach alone provides the structures to achieve that aspiration. (Browning et al. (2022))

Claims

• The paper reports that culturally responsive pedagogies are associated with more student engagement, agency, and responsibility for seeking information [+W]

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Key Sources

• Browning, A., Kaminsky, C., & Gerzon, N. (2022). Moving toward instructional coherence: How four popular student-centered approaches deepen identity, agency, equity, and community. WestEd. https://www.wested.org

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