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21st Century Learning Ecosystem Opportunities Convening, 21cleo Research Team
21st Century Learning Ecosystem Opportunities Convening, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Presentations and Publications
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Critical Race Theory: Convening 2, Kathy Harris, Jen Vanek,, Jill Castek, Gloria Jacobs
Critical Race Theory: Convening 2, Kathy Harris, Jen Vanek,, Jill Castek, Gloria Jacobs
21CLEO Presentations and Publications
We seek to identify the factors that incentivize frontline service workers to engage in workplace-sponsored learning activities that support development of 21st century skills, including specific workplace skills, digital literacy, English language and literacy, problem solving, and adult basic skills. Central to this study is elevating the voice of the working learner.
Understanding Learners Through Personna: Convening 1, Kathy Harris, Jen Vanek,, Jill Castek, Gloria Jacobs
Understanding Learners Through Personna: Convening 1, Kathy Harris, Jen Vanek,, Jill Castek, Gloria Jacobs
21CLEO Presentations and Publications
We seek to identify the factors that incentivize frontline service workers to engage in workplace-sponsored learning activities that support development of 21st century skills, including specific workplace skills, digital literacy, English language and literacy, problem solving, and adult basic skills. Central to this study is elevating the voice of the working learner.
Equity Journey To Crt, 21cleo Research Team
Equity Journey To Crt, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Research Project Blog Posts
By thinking about racism and all social justice work as a systemic issue rather than a set of individual actions, we are led to question the underlying structures that may be undermining working learners' success despite the best efforts of all involved. Adopting the lens of CRT in our work is meant to provoke change and prompt healing. It has caused us to question our role as researchers and our place as educators in the social justice movement. It has challenged us to move out of the safety of academia and to think of our research as social action. The …
Using Critical Race Theory As A Lens To Understand Employer-Supported Education, Jill Castek, Kathy Harris, Gloria E. Jacobs, Jen Vanek
Using Critical Race Theory As A Lens To Understand Employer-Supported Education, Jill Castek, Kathy Harris, Gloria E. Jacobs, Jen Vanek
21CLEO Presentations and Publications
This work is part of a larger project focused on understanding a changing and dynamic learning ecosystem
● frontline service workers participate in workforce or employer supported learning opportunities.
● includes data from 45 interviews with worker learners and individuals who provide support to them, such as teachers, managers, and career navigators.
● Interviewees come from all parts of the United States and work in retail, healthcare, hospitality, transportation, and other industries.
21st Century Learning Ecosystem Opportunities Member Spotlight, 21cleo Research Team
21st Century Learning Ecosystem Opportunities Member Spotlight, 21cleo Research Team
21CLEO Presentations and Publications
Background & Our Study
Understanding a changing and dynamic learning ecosystem
● 45 interviews with worker learners and individuals who provide support to them
● Focus on the voices and experiences of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)
● Multiple Advisory Group Convenings of diverse group of stakeholders: working learners, educators, researchers, employers, workforce development practitioners
● Ongoing dissemination of our work in over 20 blog posts reporting on our research as its unfolded