Transforming Place and Space in Urban Education: Addressing Race-Related Stress and Microaggressions by Transforming the Learning Environment (Poster 22)

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Sunday 9:50 a.m.
  In Poster Session: Learning Environments SIG Poster Session

Abstract

This paper outlines the process and outcomes of building / (re)designing ten classrooms across New York City to reflect the socioemotional needs of middle and high school students. The classrooms were designed to address the structures of traditional classrooms that youth described as stressors or triggers for being disconnected from learning; most significantly, race related microagressions and also, uninspiring classroom environments and misuse of technology by educators. In the paper, we describe the mechanism for capturing the data around the stressors / triggers and present models and images of the classrooms that were designed and built and describe their impacts on learning.

Authors

• Christopher Emdin, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Qiana Spellman, St. John's University