21st Century Learning Through an Intergenerational Community of Practice: Two Decades of Youth Research and Plan Revisited

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session will demonstrate the power of leveraging an intergenerational community of practice for 21st century learning and equitable community development. The presentations in this session all discuss implementation of YRP (Youth Research and Plan), a participatory action research learning strategy that forges connections between cities and schools, and adults and youths. Each presentation discusses different learning outcomes centered around four 21st Century Skills and is told from the perspective of different practitioners: a high school educator, a doctoral student researcher, and a city planner. This session seeks to forward thought on the importance of intergenerational communities of practice for young people’s learning and equitable community development.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 5: Inquiry, Transformation, and Communities

Chair

• Deborah McKoy, University of California - Berkeley

Papers

• Community Contribution and Civic Identity in Youth Research and Plan Students Across Multiple High Schools in Oakland, California - Blanca G Gamez-Djokic, University of California - Berkeley

• Developing Communication Skills and an Intergenerational Community of Practice in Students in New York City - Andrew Woodbridge

• The Development of Critical Thinking Skills in Youth Research and Plan Students Over a Decade in Richmond, California - LaShonda Wilson, City of Richmond - California