University-Community Partnerships for Transformative Education: Sowing Seeds of Resistance and Renewal

University-Community Partnerships for Transformative Education

Sowing Seeds of Resistance and Renewal

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About the uc links edited volume

This open access edited volume reports on a unique network of innovative in-school and out-of-school programs, University-Community Links. UC Links connects university faculty and students with young people and their families in diverse communities around the world. Chapters in this volume describe programs in California and Utah in the United States as well as Germany, Italy, Spain, Uganda, and Uruguay. Together, authors craft stories of transformative models of education and what is possible when we bridge educational research and practice. Chapters offer strategies for co-creating learning environments that are innovative, collaborative, democratic, equity-oriented, and fun. By drawing lessons from authors’ collective and local histories, this volume helps to re-imagine educational practices, policies, and programs.

SECTION I - Transformative Histories

Chapter 1

Chapter 1

Introductions: University-Community Links & Core Commitments for Transformative Education

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

Transforming Systems of Activity Through Expansive Learning: A Journey of Renewal

SECTION II - Transforming Pedagogies: Planting Seeds of Resitance

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

Putting Culture, Language, and Power in the Middle: DualLanguage Participatory Arts for Building Community and Making Change

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Heart of Language: Teamwork as Sociogenesis

Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Critical Digital Literacies Among Youth: From Food Eating Contests to Societal Transformation

Chapter 6

Chapter 6

Nurturing Connection Through Joyful, Creative, Play: A Heart-driven Approach to Educator Preparation

Chapter 7

Chapter 7

Co-designing Science Lessons in Spanish: Connecting Science, Home Language, and Community for Undergraduates

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Math CEO: A Mutually Beneficial Partnership between College Mentors and Latinx Youths

Chapter 9

Chapter 9

Making connections: Pandemic era Lessons from a Makercentered University-Community Partnership

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Rising with the Tides of Change through Community Based Literacies

SECTION III - Transforming Learning & Transforming Lives

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

Transforming Learning: First-person Reflections from UC Links Participants

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Transforming Lives: First-person Reflections from UC Links Participants

SECTION IV - Transforming Learning Ecologies: GROWING SEEDS OF RENEWAL

Chapter 13

Chapter 13

University-Community Partnerships as “Hybrid Contexts of Activity”: Learnings from Two Projects with Roma Children in Spain

Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Learning with the City: Establishing a Culturally Sustaining School-University-City Partnership

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Forming Authentic Civic Partnerships while Creating Joyful, Equitable Cities

Chapter 16

Chapter 16

La Mia Scuola è Differente, an After-School Program with an Intercultural Focus: The Challenges and Opportunities of Program Development

Chapter 17 and 18

Chapter 17 and 18

Educational inclusion in Uruguay: Creating Collaborative Narratives with Migrant Children During the Pandemic

Educación Inclusiva en Uruguay: Creando narrativas colaborativas con niños migrantes durante la pandemia

Chapter 19

Chapter 19

The Wellbeing Club-Uganda: Facilitating Positive Wellbeing and Leadership Among Adolescents in Kampala, Uganda

SECTION V - Transforming Futures

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Concluding Thoughts: Reflections on Resistance, Renewal, and the Future of Transformative Education