Developing a Framework for Co-Designing School Emergency Preparedness and Reunification (Poster 38)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Nine
  In Poster Session: Learning Sciences SIG Poster Session Two: Health, Higher Education, Representations, and Reasoning

Abstract

This theoretical paper develops a methodological framework for the learning sciences to contribute to productive student-family reunification practices in school emergencies using politics of education literature and participatory design methods. A critical, synthetic review of current reunification literature in disaster and emergency medicine research identified themes and needs in school emergency preparedness research. Findings from the critical review of family reunification literature indicate a need to understand family epistemologies and ontologies in school emergencies. In particular, reunification research should make sense of how families are included in decision making processes and the impact of leaders on the policies and practices. As schools and communities design SFR procedures, learning sciences approaches hold promise for ensuring their designs are equitable.

Authors

• Jennifer Classen, Pennsylvania State University
  Presenting Author

• Tanner Vea, Pennsylvania State University
  Non-Presenting Author