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No Dejes Nada En La Puerta: Achieving Equity Through Asset-Based Peer Support, Brooklyn Herrera

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Higher education institutions are becoming increasingly diverse, and Latinx students are a major contributor to this diversity, as they are the largest and fastest growing minoritized population in the United States. Nevertheless, retention and completion gaps for Latinx students persist (Kolluri, 2021). Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) play a pivotal role in promoting educational equity for Latinx students, but they have traditionally been concentrated in urban areas and a small number of states. In future years, new HSIs will emerge largely in rural environments and states with rapidly growing Latinx populations, such as Georgia.

Informed by community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005), this …

Examining Social Justice Ideas In Science Teachers Through An Online Book Club, Suzanna Roman-Oliver

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

This study explored the experiences of four pre-service science teachers while participating in a virtual book club. The participants were science education MAT students that were enrolled in a “Learner Differences” course during the summer semester. The participants read “Teaching Science for Social Justice” from Angela Calabrese Barton. They met virtually for an hour each week to discuss the ideas presented within the different book chapters. A total of 13 science education MAT students were part of the book club, but only four agreed to participate in the study. Data was collected in the form of course artifacts that included …

Facing Some Hard Truths: A Caep Action Research Project Results In Reflexivity, Reflection, & Revision, Melissa Comer, Nancy Kolodziej

Georgia Educational Research Association Conference

Per Ojeda (2010), for reflection to be effective it must include opportunity to improve performance. Writing the self-study report for the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation (CAEP) provided a perfect chance for the researchers to put effective reflection into action. Situated within a graduate-level literacy program, they implemented a collaborative action research project simultaneously with writing the CAEP self-study report. Guided by the research questions below, they learned valuable lessons, validated the program’s strengths, and faced some hard truths about its weaknesses.

• What practical applications can be learned from the CAEP self-study report?
• How can critical reflection be …