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Applying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience

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Watkins, CS; Cason, X; Greenwald, AD; Dunston, YL; Vo, Q-C
Published in: Children & Schools
December 14, 2022

Guided by the National Association of Social Workers’ Code of Ethics and measures of competence provided by the Council on Social Work Education, the social work field serves as a model for strategies that promote collaboration across difference, strengths-based advocacy with communities, and education through engagement. These values and perspectives are relevant beyond social work, as they are applied in various disciplines and settings including educational systems. In academic environments, social workers and educators work together to facilitate the development of knowledge, attitudes, skills, and interactions that are individualized, empowering, equitable, strengths-focused, and culturally responsive among all individuals serving children in the school setting, including volunteers from the surrounding community. Using an ecological systems framework to explore the bidirectional relationships between individual student experiences, peer interactions, university–community connections, and collaboration with a local public school district, this article identifies how an interinstitutional student-engaged research partnership between a historically Black university, a predominately White institution, and a local school district models the power of a diverse and equitable collaboration with each subsystem positively contributing to the realization of social work values and ethics. Implications for public school students, staff, and surrounding communities are discussed.

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Children & Schools

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1545-682X

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1532-8759

Publication Date

December 14, 2022

Volume

45

Issue

1

Start / End Page

54 / 63

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 3903 Education systems
  • 1301 Education Systems
 

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Watkins, C. S., Cason, X., Greenwald, A. D., Dunston, Y. L., & Vo, Q.-C. (2022). Applying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience. Children & Schools, 45(1), 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdac027
Watkins, Charity S., Xavier Cason, Alec David Greenwald, Yolanda L. Dunston, and Quynh-Chi Vo. “Applying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience.” Children & Schools 45, no. 1 (December 14, 2022): 54–63. https://doi.org/10.1093/cs/cdac027.
Watkins, Charity S., et al. “Applying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience.” Children & Schools, vol. 45, no. 1, Oxford University Press (OUP), Dec. 2022, pp. 54–63. Crossref, doi:10.1093/cs/cdac027.
Watkins CS, Cason X, Greenwald AD, Dunston YL, Vo Q-C. Applying an Ecological Systems Framework: How a Historically Black University, a Predominately White Institution, and a Public School System Created a Collaborative Undergraduate Research Experience. Children & Schools. Oxford University Press (OUP); 2022 Dec 14;45(1):54–63.
Journal cover image

Published In

Children & Schools

DOI

EISSN

1545-682X

ISSN

1532-8759

Publication Date

December 14, 2022

Volume

45

Issue

1

Start / End Page

54 / 63

Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)

Related Subject Headings

  • Education
  • 3903 Education systems
  • 1301 Education Systems