{"id":940,"date":"2025-08-18T19:10:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T19:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/school-teaching-learning\/?page_id=940"},"modified":"2026-03-02T20:14:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T20:14:57","slug":"social-contexts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/school-teaching-learning\/research\/social-contexts\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Contexts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/school-teaching-learning\/files\/2025\/05\/Bilingual_ESOL.png&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_center&#8221; background_vertical_offset=&#8221;11%&#8221; min_height=&#8221;500px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;38px||38px||true|&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||4px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; positioning=&#8221;none&#8221; position_origin_a=&#8221;bottom_center&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||52px||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px||0px|||&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_code disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||20px||false|false&#8221; locked=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/education.ufl.edu\/school-teaching-learning\/\">School of Teaching and Learning<\/a><\/span><\/span><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;73b7d96e-009d-44a6-8e9e-6b2e651fdf2f&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; link_font=&#8221;|800||on|||||&#8221; link_text_color=&#8221;#CC4927&#8243; link_font_size=&#8221;13px&#8221; link_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; header_text_color=&#8221;#194588&#8243; header_font_size=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_2_font=&#8221;Lato|||on|||||&#8221; header_2_text_color=&#8221;rgba(10,0,0,0.73)&#8221; header_2_font_size=&#8221;20px&#8221; header_2_letter_spacing=&#8221;1px&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; width=&#8221;60%&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||-6px|||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;28px|24px|28px|24px|true|true&#8221; header_font_size_tablet=&#8221;50px&#8221; header_font_size_phone=&#8221;40px&#8221; header_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; border_radii=&#8221;on|12px|12px|12px|12px&#8221; box_shadow_style=&#8221;preset1&#8243; box_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(127,127,127,0.3)&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"av-special-heading-tag\" itemprop=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Social Contexts<\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">What characterize the larger societal settings in which schooling and education occur?<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#CC4927&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Presentations<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"arrow-bullets\">\n<li>Xing, W., &amp; Du, H. (2023, April). Community Dynamics of Large Open Online Learning Networks. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li>Strickland, C., Ramirez-Salgado, A., Weisberg, L., Chandler, L., &amp; Israel, M. (April, 2023). Designing a Framework for Integrated Elementary Computer Science Instruction Through Culturally Responsive Pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning. Speaker session invitation at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual meeting, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li>Umapathy, K., Cheng, L., Ritzhaupt, A., D., Antonyan, K., Rehman, M., Shidfar, P., Lee, M., Nicholas, J., Abramowitz, B., Zhu, J. (2023, April). Examination of Undergraduate Student Conceptions of Artificial Intelligence in Education: A Scale Development. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li>Antonyan K., , Koh D.H., Shidfar P., Antonenko P. (2023, May). The Impact of Cognitive Differences on Processing COVID-19 Data Visualizations. Paper presented at the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Annual Meeting, St. Petersburg Beach, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Bennett (2023, February). The Makings of a Negotiated Black Youth: An Endarkened Story Work. Paper presented at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Indianapolis, IN.<\/li>\n<li>Weisberg, L., Ramirez-Salgado, A., Chandler, L., Israel, M., &amp; Strickland, C. (July 16, 2022). Reducing barriers to K-12 CS participation with UDL and CRP. Paper presented at the Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) annual conference, Chicago, IL.<\/li>\n<li>Cheng, L., Antonyan, K., Rehman, M., Shidfar, P., Lee, M., Nicholas, J., Abramowitz, B., Umapathy, K., Ritzhaupt, A., D., Antonenko, P. (2022, October). Measuring undergraduate students\u2019 conceptions of artificial intelligence in education using a convergent mixed-method approach. Paper presented at the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT), Las Vegas, NV.<\/li>\n<li>Bell, P. (2021, Apr.) A Letter to the President: Supporting Black and Latinx Student Retention. Presentation at the American Educational Research Association. Upcoming Virtual Conference.<\/li>\n<li>Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., Crippen, K. J., &amp; Bauer, J. E. (2021, April). Forecasting community development and sustainability on social media with topic modeling. Annual International Conference for the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Orlando, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Zhu, J., He, H., Dawson, K. &amp; Kumar, S. (2021, April). Know more about learners\u2019 interaction in informal social media-based learning communities: a systematic literature review. Presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2021 Annual Meeting, Virtual.<\/li>\n<li>Silva, Carolyn. (2020, April) Welcome, Not Welcome? Public Institutions\u2019 and Immigrant Students\u2019 Responses to Anti-Immigration Policies [Symposium]. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/vp6xm9p (Conference Canceled).<\/li>\n<li>Zhu, J., He, H., Dawson, K. &amp; Kumar, S. (2020, November). Interaction and participation in informal Social media-based learning communities: a systematic literature. Presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Orlando, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Lundgren, L., Bex, R. T., Bauer, J. E., &amp; Crippen, K. J., Ocon, S. B. (2020, October). Taking an ecosystems perspective by examining the niches of social paleontology. Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC.<\/li>\n<li>Bex, R. T., Payne, C., Bauer, J. E., Crippen, K. J., &amp; Pirlo, J. (2020, March). Experience characteristics and knowledge sharing interactions in a field-based paleontology social network. Annual International Conference for the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Portland, OR.<\/li>\n<li>Zhu, J. (2020, November). Interaction in informal social media-based learning communities. Presented at Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention, Orlando, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Uysal, H., &amp; Sah, P. K. (2021, March). Teacher ideologies of home language use at US schools. Paper presented at TESOL Graduate Student Forum at 2021 TESOL International Convention &amp; English Language Expo.<\/li>\n<li>Uysal, H. (2020, February). Questioning reclassification criteria: An exit strategy to do justice to emergent bilinguals. Roundtable presented at 2020 Holmes Scholars Pre-Conference at American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education 72nd Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.<\/li>\n<li>Uysal, H. (2020, January). Reimagining multilingualism: Emancipatory stance through translanguaging. Workshop presented at 2020 Multicultural Leadership Summit, Tallahassee, FL.<\/li>\n<li>Cowley, M.P. (2020, May). Good for All? A Critical Race Analysis of Need-Based, No-Loan Financial Aid Policies [Concurrent Paper Session]. CRSEA Annual Meeting Newark, DE. (Conference Canceled).<\/li>\n<li>Cowley, M.P. (2020, May). In search of resonance between Black Marxism &amp; Critical Race Theory: Implications for research and the study of higher education [Concurrent Paper Session]. CRSEA Annual Meeting Newark, DE. (Conference Canceled).<\/li>\n<li>Cowley, M. P. &amp; Dowie-Chin, T. (2020, Apr 17 \u2013 21) (Re)Visiting the Black Student Union at University X Through Fictional Composite Storytelling [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/v2z86qr (Conference Canceled).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;4px|||||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.24.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; header_4_text_color=&#8221;#CC4927&#8243; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2>Publications<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"arrow-bullets\">\n<li>Strickland, C., Ramirez-Salgado, A., Weisberg, L., Chandler, L., Di Domenico, J., Lehman, E. M., &amp; Israel, M. (2023). Designing a framework for integrated elementary computer science instruction through culturally responsive pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning. Journal of Computer Science Integration, 6(1),1-16. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26716\/jcsi.2023.4.17.46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.26716\/jcsi.2023.4.17.46<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Deng, L., Dawayangzong, F.,&amp; Murray, N. (2022). Making Writing Relevant to Chinese EFL Students in the Design of the Intervention, Chinese Journal of Second Language Writing, 4(1), 42-60.<\/li>\n<li>Du, H., Xing, W., &amp; Zhu, G. (2022). Mining Teacher Informal Online Learning Networks: Insights from Massive Educational Chat Tweets. Journal of Educational Computing Research. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07356331221103764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/07356331221103764<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Arslan, O., Xing, W., Inan, F., &amp; Du, H. (2022). Understanding Topic Duration in Twitter Professional Learning Communities using Data Mining. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 38(2), 513 \u2013 525. doi: <a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jcal.12633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/jcal.12633<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Uysal, H. (2021). Immigrant students are rural students too. Follow the Leader, 2(1), 42.<\/li>\n<li>Busey, C.L., &amp; Silva, Carolyn (2020). Troubling the essentialist discourse of brown in education: The anti-black sociopolitical and sociohistorical etymology of Latinxs as a brown monolith. Educational Researcher, 50(3), 176-186.<\/li>\n<li>Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., &amp; Bex, R. T. (2020). Profiles in Practice: Stories of Paleontology Within an Online, Scientific Community. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10763-020-10095-5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10763-020-10095-5<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lundgren, L., Crippen, K. J., &amp; Bex, R. T. (2020). Social Media Interaction as Informal Science Learning: a Comparison of Message Design in Two Niches. Research in Science Education \u2013 Part B, 1. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11165-019-09911-y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s11165-019-09911-y<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Bex, R. T., Lundgren, L., &amp; Crippen, K. J. (2019). Scientific Twitter: The flow of paleontological communication across a topic network. 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