ERIC Number: EJ1450842
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Publication Date: 2024-Nov
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-8756-3894
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Centering Student Voice to Reimagine Curriculum and Instruction in an Online Citizenship Course
Jennifer Darling-Aduana; Kristin Hemingway
TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, v68 n6 p1066-1077 2024
The Reimagining Online Education project used Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) to foster a collaborative, student-driven research process with the aim of amplifying the voices and experiences of students belonging to minoritized groups in curriculum development for online courses. The project provided students the opportunity to evaluate and provide recommendations for the redesign of a widely used online asynchronous high school citizenship course. We employed an embedded mixed method design where we used quantitative data to enhance, triangulate, test hypotheses, and explore alternative hypotheses that emerged through the primarily qualitative data collection and analysis process. Our examination of the enactment of YPAR demonstrates that many of the benefits to enacting YPAR in face-to-face classrooms -- including enhanced student engagement and deeper learning -- can be achieved in asynchronous virtual spaces as well. We conclude with recommendations for enacting YPAR online and to support online curriculum development.
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Online Courses, Curriculum Design, Participatory Research, Action Research, Minority Group Students, Educational Change, High School Students, Citizenship Education, Learner Engagement, Learning Processes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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