Institute for Learning Sciences Speaker Series: Carrie Allen | University at Buffalo скачать в хорошем качестве

Institute for Learning Sciences Speaker Series: Carrie Allen | University at Buffalo

Learning and Identity and the Intersections of Community, Data Science and Environmental Justice Carrie Allen, PhD, is an associate professor of Learning Sciences at the University of North Texas (UNT). She is a co-director of the Learning Institute - a research institute at UNT that advances interdisciplinary scholarship in the learning sciences and aims to bridge research and practice. Additionally, she is the associate director of the Advanced Environmental Research Institute (AERI), which catalyzes research and outreach connected to human and environmental relationships. Furthermore, she is the Director of Partnerships for the Office of Research Consulting and Texas Research and Evaluation Network for Development (TREND), which supports research-practice partnerships in K-12 education in the North Texas region. Her work is principally driven by the desire to address inequities within educational systems, with particular attention to socially just and equitable learning designs in STEM education. Through her scholarship, she aims to make visible existing inequalities, develop and utilize designs for equitable learning environments, and foster deep, humanizing relationships that support a revisioning of possibilities for teaching and learning. Guiding this work are perspectives that help theorize how local phenomena are mediated by broader structures, histories and enduring sociocultural practices; the ingenuity and agency of local actors; and designs that facilitate lasting change within teaching and learning. Toward this work, she employs qualitative, design-based and participatory research methodologies in order to design with and for youth and educators, centering their local expertise toward bringing about transformative learning and institutional change. Allen's research has been published in journals such as the "Journal of Learning Sciences," "Journal of Teacher Education," "Journal of Research in Science Teaching," and AERJ.