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Student-Centered Learning Grant

Date: 2/1/2019
Principal Researchers: Shelley Zion
Others Involved: Carlos Hipolito-Delgado Ben Kirshner Funding: $32,568 funded by Jobs for the Future

The Critical Civic Inquiry: Student-Centered Learning grant, funded by Jobs for the Future, will investigate how students can be supported to take ownership of their learning and how learning can occur anytime, anywhere. Shelley Zion (MA ’01, PhD ’07) of Rowan University is the PI for the grant. Carlos Hipolito-Delgado of CU Denver and Ben Kirshner of CU Boulder are co-PIs. This research will useCritical Civic Inquiry (CCI), a student-centered learning approach. Students who participate in the study will identify a compelling problem or challenge related to equity, study that problem through original research, and then advance their ideas by sharing their work with school leaders, policymakers or other public audiences to propose equitable structures and solutions.

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