The Education Action Research Project is intended to provide you with an opportunity to refine and expand your advocacy and activism in community with others who share similar justice-oriented interests. You will conduct research on an educational injustice/equity issue affecting emergent bilinguals to support your development of the following pieces:
You will write a short essay (3-4 pages) about an educational injustice/current equity issue affecting emergent bilinguals that you care about. Your Position Statement should clearly describe the educational injustice or inequity and your stance on it (i.e., why this represents an injustice/inequity). You should cite at least three references (they can be class readings or web pages or other sources you have found). Upload position statement to Canvas.
You will conduct research (online, using the library, and/or in the community) and develop a multimodal artifact describing community organization(s), group(s), written articles/research, and/or people who are already working on this issue, work that’s already been done, and an overview of what that work/effort entails. You will share and talk about your artifact with a small group in class and upload it to Canvas.
The final piece of this assignment is an end-of-course reflection piece (4-5 pages, MA students’ might be longer) in which you revisit and revise your Part 1 position statement to reflect new understandings gained in your Part 2 Community/Library connection. Please use American Psychological Association (APA7) Citation format, and cite at least 5 references (7 for MA students please! Up to 3 can be course readings) to support your ideas. Maximum length for your reflection is 5 pages, not including references. Upload to Canvas.
