BenÌýKirshner

  • Professor and Program Chair
  • LEARNING SCIENCES & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Address

Miramontes Baca Education Building, Room 300G
University of ColoradoÌý¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß
249 UCB
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Ben KirshnerÌýis a Professor of Learning Sciences and Human Development at the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß. His experiences working with young people at a community center in San Francisco’s Mission District motivated his research agenda about young people’s critical consciousness and roles in social justice change. Ben works collaboratively with educators, community organizers, and youth to design and study learning environments that support learning, activism, and healing for marginalized youth. In his work with theÌýÌýresearch group, Ben develops research-practice partnerships that increase public schools’ capacity to support student voice and agency through teacher professional learning, policy alignment, and improvement research. With Voices of Healing he works with young people and community youth organizations to explore how the long struggle for social change can be paired with healing and collective care. Ben recently published two co-authored books:ÌýÌýandÌý. Ben has also published in journals that includeÌýJournal of the Learning Sciences, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Applied Developmental Science, Journal of Community PsychologyÌýandÌýCognition and Instruction.