ERIC Number: EJ1469184
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-May
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
EISSN: EISSN-1936-2706
Available Date: 2025-03-10
Escaping Inequity: A Digital Escape Room Professional Development for Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Victoria Pennington1; Emily Howell1; Lindsey W. Rowe1; Nicole Ferguson-Sams1; Mihaela Gazioglu1; Kavita Mittapalli2; Amlan Banerjee2
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v68 n6 p708-720 2025
In this design-based research study, in-service educators participated in a grant-funded professional development (PD) project to increase district capacity for multilingual learner instruction. Initial data indicated teacher comfort with technology but difficulty tailoring it to the unique multiliterate practices of culturally and linguistically diverse students. Based on teachers' needs and a departmental goal, a modification of a digital escape room (the JEDI Library Escape) was designed and implemented to teach principles of culturally sustaining pedagogies (CSPs) and multiliteracies. Results indicate that infusing CSP and multiliteracies into a digital escape room as PD enacted critical reflection, increased multiliteracies awareness, and created an overall enjoyable experience while shifting teachers' holistic impressions of multilinguals and their caregivers. Future iterations of the JEDI escape will include more opportunities for applying multiliteracies and JEDI principles to classroom settings, followed by opportunities for peer reflection through coursework.
Descriptors: Diversity Equity and Inclusion, Equal Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Faculty Development, Capacity Building, Bilingual Education, Multilingualism, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Educational Principles, Culturally Relevant Education, Multiple Literacies, Electronic Learning
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: T365Z210089
Department of Education Funded: Yes
Author Affiliations: 1Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, USA; 2M&N Associates, Fairfax, Virginia, USA