Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

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Autori principali: Victoria Pennington, Emily Howell, Lindsey W. Rowe, Nicole Ferguson-Sams, Mihaela Gazioglu, Kavita Mittapalli, Amlan Banerjee
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author Victoria Pennington
Emily Howell
Lindsey W. Rowe
Nicole Ferguson-Sams
Mihaela Gazioglu
Kavita Mittapalli
Amlan Banerjee
author_facet Victoria Pennington
Emily Howell
Lindsey W. Rowe
Nicole Ferguson-Sams
Mihaela Gazioglu
Kavita Mittapalli
Amlan Banerjee
Victoria Pennington
Emily Howell
Lindsey W. Rowe
Nicole Ferguson-Sams
Mihaela Gazioglu
Kavita Mittapalli
Amlan Banerjee
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contents Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Victoria Pennington Emily Howell Lindsey W. Rowe Nicole Ferguson-Sams Mihaela Gazioglu Kavita Mittapalli Amlan Banerjee Diversity Equity and Inclusion Equal Education Inservice Teacher Education Faculty Development Capacity Building Bilingual Education Multilingualism Technology Uses in Education Educational Games Educational Principles Culturally Relevant Education Multiple Literacies Electronic Learning In this design-based research study, in-service educators participated in a grant-funded professional development (PD) project to increase district capacity for multilingual learner instruction. Initial data indicated teacher comfort with technology but difficulty tailoring it to the unique multiliterate practices of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on teachers' needs and a departmental goal, a modification of a digital escape room (the JEDI Library Escape) was designed and implemented to teach principles of culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs) and multiliteracies. Results indicate that infusing CSP and multiliteracies into a digital escape room as PD enacted critical reflection, increased multiliteracies awareness, and created an overall enjoyable experience while shifting teachers' holistic impressions of multilinguals and their caregivers. Future iterations of the JEDI escape will include more opportunities for applying multiliteracies and JEDI principles to classroom settings, followed by opportunities for peer reflection through coursework.
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spellingShingle Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Victoria Pennington
Emily Howell
Lindsey W. Rowe
Nicole Ferguson-Sams
Mihaela Gazioglu
Kavita Mittapalli
Amlan Banerjee
Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Equal Education
Inservice Teacher Education
Faculty Development
Capacity Building
Bilingual Education
Multilingualism
Technology Uses in Education
Educational Games
Educational Principles
Culturally Relevant Education
Multiple Literacies
Electronic Learning
Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Victoria Pennington Emily Howell Lindsey W. Rowe Nicole Ferguson-Sams Mihaela Gazioglu Kavita Mittapalli Amlan Banerjee Diversity Equity and Inclusion Equal Education Inservice Teacher Education Faculty Development Capacity Building Bilingual Education Multilingualism Technology Uses in Education Educational Games Educational Principles Culturally Relevant Education Multiple Literacies Electronic Learning In this design-based research study, in-service educators participated in a grant-funded professional development (PD) project to increase district capacity for multilingual learner instruction. Initial data indicated teacher comfort with technology but difficulty tailoring it to the unique multiliterate practices of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on teachers' needs and a departmental goal, a modification of a digital escape room (the JEDI Library Escape) was designed and implemented to teach principles of culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs) and multiliteracies. Results indicate that infusing CSP and multiliteracies into a digital escape room as PD enacted critical reflection, increased multiliteracies awareness, and created an overall enjoyable experience while shifting teachers' holistic impressions of multilinguals and their caregivers. Future iterations of the JEDI escape will include more opportunities for applying multiliteracies and JEDI principles to classroom settings, followed by opportunities for peer reflection through coursework.
title Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
topic Diversity Equity and Inclusion
Equal Education
Inservice Teacher Education
Faculty Development
Capacity Building
Bilingual Education
Multilingualism
Technology Uses in Education
Educational Games
Educational Principles
Culturally Relevant Education
Multiple Literacies
Electronic Learning
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