Grateful for our Team

January 27, 2019 by April Luehmann

As we start a new semester, I just want to begin by saying THANK YOU!!! Each of you brings such passion and commitment to our collective work…

Picking Teams and SDT Overview

January 29, 2016 by April Luehmann

Goals: The Get Real! Science Research Group is committed to merging diverse lenses to understand and make positive change for urban youth and the adults who teach them in and through science.

Objectives:

Invest in thinking about the various projects and choose one to work on for the semester
Develop our understandings of self determination theory and how it relates to the work of STARS

For our journals:

Logistics:

Email our group: grs-rg@googlegroups.com

Blackboard organizations: Science STARS – see the different projects

Confidentiality – a must!!

Note Taking – Google Doc – Xiaoyu started us off – thanks! https://docs.google.com/document/d/13w978cv5hfuzL59G284wGBu1cgWcPpgAwKlrxPwKk7Y/edit?usp=sharing

RSRB – EPRP # – -email it to April – Nick sent out the information (attached a pdf and this note: Please follow the directions in the PDF attached below to start the certification process.) Here is a link the RCSB’s initial certification page: https://www.rochester.edu/ohsp/education/certification/initialCertification.html

Self-Determination Theory

Nick offered an overview of SDT. Afterward, I found this image to be inspiring as we were thinking about the teachers’ role in nurturing learners moves toward intrinsic motivation:

Figure 1. A pictorial representation of the self-determination model of motivational development. Reprinted from Skinner and Chi (2012). Retrieved from http://rgriffinuwg.blogspot.com/2014/06/theoretical-frameworks-of-motivation.html on January 29, 2016.

One thing I don’t want to forget: We need to tell the story of how motivating it is for teachers to “achieve” (not sure that’s the right word) the goals of SDT with youth in STARS and in the classroom. Really important contribution!

Kick starting an awesome year of STARS research

November 20, 2015 by April Luehmann

Today’s meeting was full of conversations that married history with possibilities. Defining a research trajectory for the upcoming year is full of challenges:

Where do we start?
How big do we go?
What conversations in the field do we want and feel prepared to be a part of?
Who’s saying what and why?
What is uniquely us?

That said, the conversations were ENERGIZED with considerations of the potential change that we can realize with the lenses, expertise, data and time that we have in our group.

We decided to start our work together by co-constructing a journal review, reading and discussing “Authoring Selves” from Identity and Agency in Cultural Worlds by Holland, Lachiocotte Jr., Skinner & Cain (1998), and filling a page with possible questions and studies.

Can’t wait until next time!

GRS Research Group Congratulates Dr. Jeremiah!!

May 22, 2015 by April Luehmann

GRS Research Group will begin again soon… This group has had a rich history of fascinating conversations, important emotional support, and lots and lots of learning. I have been honored to work with all those who have been a part of the group, and I am eager to begin again!!

Today, I want to honor the accomplishments of Jeremiah Okal-Frink, Ph.D. You’re dedication and persistence were and are inspiring. The quality of your work in paper and in defense was exceptional. And, all along the way, you were a blessing to all of those lucky enough to be near you!! Thank you!! Can’t wait to see what you do next… hope to be a small part of it.

Okal-Frink, J. (2015). Co-constructed from the margins: The intersection of design, practice, and technology within changing classroom social space (Unpublished doctoral dissertation). University of Rochester, Rochester NY.