School of Education | University of Wisconsin–Madison
Authors: Erica Halverson, Caitlin Martin, Jalessa Bryant, Katherine Norman, Caleb Probst, Stephanie Richards, Kailea Saplan, Andy Stoiber, and Jonathan Tunstall March 2023, 37 pp. Abstract: A wealth of literature shows positive outcomes and experiences from arts learning, yet youth access to arts education has become significantly more inequitable over the past 30 years. Alongside the …
Authors: Courtney Bell, Geoffrey Phelps, Dan McCaffrey, Shuangshuang Liu, Barbara Weren, Nancy Glazer, and Francesca Forzani February 2023, 38 pp. Abstract: The recent turn toward core practices and practice-based teacher education has been accompanied by a growing literature on the definitions, pedagogies to teach, and assessments of core practices. Despite these developments, the field lacks …
Author: Richard Halverson February 2023, 30 pp. Abstract: This paper relates how leaders of a higher education program, the Wisconsin Collaborative Education Research Network, sparked and managed innovation across communities of scholarship, research, and practice. This paper uses a design narrative method to describe how leaders orchestrated organizational change by bringing diverse communities together into …
Author: Matthew Wolfgram December 2022, 21 pp. Abstract: The paper introduces the history and politics of value formation at historically Black colleges/universities (HBCUs) and focuses on how cultural-institutional values associated with Black and minority servingness — such as Black empowerment, ethics of care, and community service —impact the work of educators to coordinate internship opportunities …
Authors: Matthew Wolfgram and Alexandra D. Pasqualone July 2022, 21 pp. Abstract: This paper analyzes how employers use discourse to ideologize the value of college internships — a historically emergent form of contingent, temporary, educational labor which has rapidly become a major feature of both higher education and labor relations in the United States (Frenette, …
UW–Madison researchers teamed with New England conservation nonprofit Mass Audubon to create an online learning game that lets players model how different zoning choices would affect the environment, jobs, housing and other real-world factors for any location in the contiguous U.S. Built using a variety of state and federal data sets, the free game, known as iPlan, lets …
Authors: Daniella Molle, Jennifer Wilfrid, Rita MacDonald, Ruslana Westerlund, and Amanda Spalter January 2022, 68 pp. Abstract: This paper discusses the purpose and content of the WIDA Framework for Equitable Instruction (FEI). The FEI is an instruction-focused resource designed to promote the equitable engagement in disciplinary learning and language development of multilingual learners. It complements …
Author: Nidia Bañuelos October 2021, 41 pp. Abstract: Created by LatCrit scholars in the mid-2000s, Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) is an anti-deficit framework for understanding educational inequality. Since its publication, Yosso’s (2005) seminal paper on the topic has been cited thousands of times by scholars in fields as distinct as engineering, K-12 education, and public …
Authors: Matthew T. Hora, Changhee Lee, Zi Chen, and Anthony Hernandez June 2021, 61 pp. Abstract: Internships and other forms of work-based learning are increasingly viewed as essential experiences for college students. Proponents point out that internships help students develop transferable skills, apply academic knowledge to authentic situations, develop professional networks, and facilitate students’ socialization …
Authors: Ruslana Westerlund and Sharon Besser June 2021, 50 pp. Abstract: Lucy Calkins’ curriculum Units of Study for Writing is a process approach to writing pedagogy used in thousands of elementary and middle schools in the United States and internationally (Teachers College Reading Writing Project, 2020). Process approaches have been highly influential on writing pedagogy …