Ethnotheories of School Origins Protocols
A collection of protocols for understanding the everyday ethnotheories of school origins across human development and cultures.
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Evolving Schools
Rapid Ethnographic Assessment Toolkit
The Evolving Schools Rapid Ethnographic Assessment (REA) Toolkit is an evolving collection of methods and workflows for developing a rapid or exploratory understanding of local school cultures within societal, family-level, and/or individual contexts.
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Develop University-Assisted Educational Innovation Labs
Building on the the University-Assisted Community School model, develop partnerships between university-based teacher education groups and local schools to advance collaborations around educational innovations and school improvement strategies.
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Harkavy, I., Hodges, R. A., & Weeks, J. (2022). Transforming Schools, Communities, and Universities: University-Assisted Community Schools as a Case Study. In Research Anthology on Service Learning and Community Engagement Teaching Practices (pp. 544-561). IGI Global.
Transforming Schools, Communities, and Universities: University-Assisted Community Schools as a Case Study
School curricula are divided by subject areas rather than focusing on deeper interdisciplinary conceptual relationships
School curricula are divided by subject areas rather than a focus on deeper interdisciplinary conceptual relationships
Sangaramoorthy, T., & Kroeger, K. A. (2020). Rapid ethnographic assessments: A practical approach and toolkit for collaborative community research. Routledge.
This book provides provides a practical guide to understanding and conducting rapid ethnographic assessments (REAs) with an emphasis on their use in public health contexts. This team-based, multi-method, relatively low-cost approach results in rich understandings of social, economic, and policy factors that contribute to the root causes of an emerging situation and provides rapid, practical feedback to policy makers and programs.
Evolving Schools Applied Working Group
The scientific advisory and research development branch of the Evolving Schools ecosystem.
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Interviews
Interviews are usually between two people – an interviewer and an interviewee. Interviews are well suited for the collection of qualitative information from people about their thoughts and experiences. Interviews allow a researcher to ask follow up questions to understand the meaning of what people are saying.
Use conversation starters to launch and sustain school improvement processes
How do you start a conversation about improving your school? Our collection of conversation starters is a good place to start.
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Questionnaires and Surveys
Questionnaires are a method for gathering written information from people on a variety of questions. Questionnaires can contain qualitative and quantitative questions, open-ended or closed questions.
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