Browsing by Subject "educational research"

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    Asking the Right Questions: Stumbling Through Contemplative Pedagogies in Research
    (2019) Price, Jeremy F.; Manlove, Joshua; Carr, K.; Siddeeq, Khadijah
    This handout is based on a research project in which suburban US middle school teachers in a rapidly diversifying predominantly white and Christian community are introduced to contemplative pedagogies and practices to explore a sense of self and to grapple with issues of race, religion, and identity. These teachers are not "early adopters" of contemplative pedagogies and practices, and we found they moved back-and-forth between engaging in avoidance strategies and critique and criticism of the contemplative readings, practices, and activities to circumvent difficult discussions around identities. We provide insight into what this means for working and engaging with individuals who are not predisposed to contemplative work. We share how we worked through collective frustration and disappointment with the teachers sidestepping important conversations and learned to ask the right questions to sustain our well-being and to deeply explore issues related to justice, inclusion, and respectful dialogue and actions.
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    Deconstructing difference and inclusion in educational research: reflections on the international journal of qualitative studies in education special edition on difference
    (Taylor & Francis, 2019) Coomer, M. Nickie; School of Education
    Disabled and disability studies scholars and activists have challenged and are challenging the bio- and necro-politics of disability subjectivity through scholarship, art, activism, and online engagement. As this edition articulates, difference takes many forms, is intersectional, and is often characterized and codified by and through educational research. Acknowledging that difference is socially constructed poses challenges to the ablenationalism that undergirds not only complex systems of schooling, but the educational research on which these systems rest.
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    Implementation of an education-focused PhD program in anatomy and cell biology at Indiana University: Lessons learned and future challenges
    (Wiley, 2015-05-01) Brokaw, James J.; O'Loughlin, Valerie D.; Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, IU School of Medicine
    In 2008, the Indiana University School of Medicine, in collaboration with the School of Education, admitted its first student to a newly approved PhD program in Anatomy and Cell Biology focusing on educational research rather than biomedical research. The goal of the program is twofold: (1) to provide students with extensive training in all of the anatomical disciplines coupled with sufficient teaching experience to assume major educational responsibilities upon graduation and (2) to train students to conduct rigorous medical education research and other scholarly work necessary for promotion and tenure. The 90 credit hour curriculum consists of biomedical courses taught within the School of Medicine and education courses taught within the School of Education, including courses in health sciences pedagogy, curriculum development, learning theory, quantitative, and qualitative research methods, statistics, and electives. To date, 16 students have entered the program, seven have passed their qualifying examinations, and five have earned their PhD degrees. Four students have received national recognition for their educational research and four graduates have obtained faculty appointments. Going forward, we must adapt the program's biomedical course requirements to incorporate the new integrated curriculum of the medical school, and we must secure additional funding to support more students. Overcoming these challenges will enable us to continue producing a small but stable supply of doctoral-level anatomy educators for a growing academic market.