Conduct research in partnership with educators on equity problems educators prioritize¶

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Description¶

This strategy makes schools or instructors full partners in research, linking the school's improvement goals to the research purpose. The report states the partnership "allows schools to have an active role in ensuring that what is being asked in the research is consistent with their students' experiences and access to learning, thus improving the validity of the research." It also aids recruitment and increases the likelihood findings inform practice.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Time, focused attention, authentic interactions, and purposeful negotiations between researchers, practitioners, and the community

Constraints¶

• The report notes this approach may be challenging for any one research team to scale to multiple sites

Target Learners¶

• K-12 students and teachers, and higher education instructors, in partner institutions

Target Learning Goals¶

• Aligning equity-relevant research with school improvement goals so findings are used in practice

Related Strategies¶

• Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR)
• Form design teams by building trust and relationships and prioritizing meaningful representation before project kick-off.
• Conduct an organizational M&E self-assessment early in the research cycle to target external support
• Focus equity-relevant research at the classroom and systems levels, treating teachers—not just technology—as drivers of change
• Partner with academic researchers by approaching early, aligning motivations, and maintaining trust and transparency
• Build personal connections and find common ground in research-practice partnerships
• Apply Youth Participatory Action Research principles to school-based citizen science design to support student agency

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Zacamy, J., & Roschelle, J. (2022, August). Navigating the tensions: How could equity-relevant research also be agile, open, and scalable? Digital Promise. https://doi.org/10.51388/20.500.12265/159