Author: Bonnie
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Higher Education Students’ Experiences of Digital Learning and (Dis)empowerment (Costa et al., 2018)
The study explores higher education students’ sense of agency and autonomy in the context of the digital participatory culture of the web, applied to their formal learning practices. The research found that although students were proficient web users, they did not exercise learner agency beyond what they assumed was expected of them. This is framed…
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Promoting Engagement and Community in Online Courses: It’s All About the Writing (Schwehm et al., 2017)
The summary highlights the importance of writing in promoting engagement and community in online courses for adult learners. It emphasizes that writing is the primary means of interaction in online education, and thus, instructors should design various writing activities to foster a positive and engaging classroom experience. It provides practical examples of engaged writing assignments,…
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Using Social Media in Teacher Preparation Programs: Twitter as a Means to Create Social Presence (Munoz et al., 2014)
This exploratory study aimed to understand whether the use of Twitter impacted students’ sense of belonging to a community of learners. Analysis of the students’ blog and tweet postings revealed five main themes: field experience, emotions, cooperating teacher, class, and relationships. The intended recipients of the postings were also categorized as aimed at other students,…
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Feeling Connected: A Sense of Belonging and Social Presence in an Online Community of Learners (Archard, 2014)
This paper posits that a sense of belonging is integral to an online community of learners. It overviews how an online teacher education program can facilitate social presence, nurture belonging, and support equitable access and participation, particularly among learner groups excluded from on-campus belonging and programming. This qualitative case study indicate the power that digital…
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The First Decade of the Community of Inquiry Framework: A Retrospective (Garrison, Anderson, & Archer, 2010)
This reflective paper overviews how the foundational Community of Inquiry (CoI) Framework was developed at the turn of the millennium, explicitly outlining the methodology used to develop this influential framework for engaged online learning. Belonging is identified as a factor in the social presence element of the three part CoI framework, but the paper is…
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A Place-Based Approach to Blended Learning (Korson, 2023)
This article examines the evolving understanding and implementation of blended learning in geography and related disciplines in Australia and New Zealand. It proposes a preliminary framework for place-based blended learning that responds to changing student and instructor needs, as well as digital transformations in teaching and learning, while fostering a sense of belonging and connection…
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Geographies of Belonging: Migrant Youth and Relational, Community, and National Opportunities for Inclusion (Bruhn & Gonzales, 2023)
This theoretical article approaches migration experiences by looking for and at spaces of belonging, rather than harm, wherein connection, sustenance, and recognition offer possibility to immigrant youth in migration. It details how such spaces can be constructed at the relational, community, and national level, with focus on how physical, legal, political, and cultural geographies and…
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Impact of First-Generation Status, Living in an LLC, and Campus Club Involvement on Sense of Belonging in the First Semester (Jones & Morrow, 2022)
This study examined the impact of first-generation status, living in a living-learning community (LLC), and campus club involvement on the sense of belonging among first-year college students in their first semester. The results showed that campus club involvement was a significant predictor of sense of belonging on all four subscales. Students who were more involved…
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The Study of Belonging in Early Childhood Education: Complexities and Possibilities (Erwin, Valentine, & Toumazou, 2022)
This study addresses the reality that in spite of the increase in studies on belonging and early childhood since the early 2000s, few involve young children’s voices or contributions. The paper overviews the literature on the study of belonging with young children, focusing on early education settings. It highlights studies that have found that Othering and teacher…
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Thinking About Belonging in Youth Studies (Harris, Cuervo, & Wyn, 2021)
Drawing on a range of research project by the authors, across the field of Youth Studies, this book explores the ‘turn’ to belonging within that field and considers how ideas about belonging intersect with concepts of transitions, participation, citizenship, and mobilities within a transnational, global world. The association of cosmopolitan and entrepreneurial aspirations with creative…
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Effect of a Place-Based Learning Community on Belonging, Persistence, and Equity Gaps for First-Year STEM Students (Johnson et al., 2020)
The study examined the impact of a place-based learning community on first-year STEM students’ sense of belonging, academic performance, and persistence. Using a quasi-experimental design, the researchers found that participants in the place-based learning community had a stronger sense of belonging, improved academic performance in gateway courses, and increased first-year persistence compared to a matched…
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Youth, Place, and Theories of Belonging (Habib, S. & Ward, M., 2020)
This edited collection offers a broad set of perspectives on the forces that shape the self-stated “anxious politics” of belonging in the contemporary globalized world. The chapters, which come from authors around the world, explore how these forces are felt in particularly ways by young people. The book asserts that while in youth studies, belonging…
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Finding Place: Cognitive and Psychosocial Factors Impacting Latina/o Students’ Sense of Belonging (Carales & Nora, 2020)
Guided by several theoretical approaches to student success, this study tested cognitive and non-cognitive variables including a set of background, financial, and psychosocial factors. Regression analysis revealed five foci that predicted Latinx student’s sense of belonging at a Hispanic Serving Institution. These included (1) finances/financial aid, (2) psychosocial experiences, (3) racial attitudes and beliefs, (4)…
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A Place-based Learning Community: Klamath Connection at Humboldt State University (Johnson et al., 2017)
The article describes the design, implementation, and initial assessment of a place-based learning community called Klamath Connection at a US state university. The program aimed to improve the academic performance and retention of first-time STEM majors, many of whom come from distant urban areas and underrepresented backgrounds. The Klamath Connection integrated four high-impact practices –…
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Searching for Belonging: An Analytical Framework (Antonsich, 2010)
This study engages in critical reading of the meaning of the term ‘belonging’ across academic disciplines, offering a two-part analytical framework. It argues that belonging signifies both a personal, place-based feeling of being ‘at home,’ at the individual level, and a discursive, political concept of socio-spatial inclusion/exclusion at the societal level. The paper asserts that…