Community-Engaged Qualitative Research: Teacher Voices
CSPL 306
Fall 2025
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01
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Community-Engaged Learning, Service Learning |
This course will focus on context-specific community based participatory research methods. The research project undertaken in fall 2025 will be investigating the experiences of local public school teachers. The goal of the project is to elevate the voices of public school teachers as they navigate the changing educational landscape and to explore the space between public perceptions/depictions of teachers and the reality of their work by creating textured portraits of individual teachers and their classrooms. Students will learn theories and methods of community-engaged research through scholarly study and hands-on experience gathering and analyzing qualitative and ethnographic data, primarily interviews and observations, with a focus on Lightfoot's methods of Portraiture in social science research. Students should be prepared to engage deeply with community members. Some travel within Connecticut will be required. Previous coursework in Education Studies preferred. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
SBS ALLB |
| Course Format: Seminar | Grading Mode: Credit/Unsatisfactory |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (Environmental Studies Minor)(Environmental Studies) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: Not Available |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
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Lareau, Annette (2021). Listening to People: A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing it All UP. Chicago, IL. The University of Chicago Press
Lawrence-Lightfoot, Sara & Davis, Jessica Hoffman (1997) The Art & Science of Portraiture. San Francisco, CA. Josey-Bass
Articles available on Moodle.
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Examinations and Assignments:
: Weekly reading synopses & fieldwork reflections; analytic memos; online research; and final report. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
: Please email professor Amy Grillo for permission of instructor. |
| Instructor(s): Grillo,Amy Times: ..T.... 07:10PM-10:00PM; Location: TBA |
Permission of Instructor Required
Enrollment capacity: 12 | Permission of instructor approval will be granted by the instructor during pre-registration through the Electronic Portfolio. Click "Add to My Courses" and "To request a POI electronically, click here" to submit your request. |
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