SGISD PhD Student Caitlin Ferrarini Publishes Article in Metropolitan Universities

Caitlin Ferrarini, PhD candidate at UMass Boston School of Global Inclusion and Social Development (SGISD), recently published an article about her research on cross-border community-based learning in the Metropolitan Universities Journal.

Her article, “Cross-border Community-based Learning as a Strategy in Diversity and Multicultural Teacher Preparation”, summarizes research findings from a comparative case study of two sections of a diversity and multicultural education course for undergraduate education students. In the undergraduate course, one section of students participated in community-based learning at an Indigenous school in Guatemala and the other section of students participated in traditional-classroom learning.

Findings from Caitlin’s research suggest that by centering Indigenous Knowledge and assets in community-based learning, education students may be motivated to challenge colonial education systems when they become teachers. Her article also includes five recommendations to inform teacher education and community-based learning curricula, including important differences in learning between students of color and white students in the teacher education field.

Caitlin wrote this article as part of both the Transdisciplinary Research to Practice and the Academic Writing courses in SGISD. Read the full article in the Metropolitan Universities.