Breaking Open "Brokering": A Literature Review of Connected Learning Research Engaged With Brokering (Poster 29)

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate how scholars are taking up the idea of “brokering” in connected learning contexts. We reviewed scholarly literature that featured both connected learning and brokering, published in the period between January 2018 and January 2023. We observed that while the authors of the connected learning report emphasize brokering as a practice in which mentors or other program personnel support youth interest by facilitating connections to opportunities beyond their current program, recent scholarship has taken up a broader understanding of the practice. This work has potential to improve understanding of equitable and just opportunities to learn beyond school by highlighting the movements of knowledge, access, and social capital within and beyond out of school programs.

Authors

• Virginia Killian Lund, University of Rhode Island

• Megan E. Howe, University of Rhode Island