Publications

Foundational Book.

Designing Critical and Creative Learning with Indigenous Youth: A Personal Journey traces the events leading to the creation of Unlocking Silent Histories (USH) and outlines the program’s foundational and methodological principles. Our hope is that our learnings will inform future work in similar communities. 

Below is a select list of articles, book chapters, and conference proceedings that either expresses USH findings in various contexts or illustrates the theories and methods that inspired this work. 

Select Publications

Unlocking Silent Histories of the Lumbee Community: Supporting Educational Sovereignty through Video Ethnographies.

Youth voices: Exploring connections between history agency and identity in a digital divide initiative.

Sociotechnical cultural activity: Expanding an understanding of developing technology practices.

Peer-Reviewed Journals

DeGennaro, D., Locklear, T., & Faircloth, S. (Accepted). Unlocking Silent Histories of the Lumbee Community: Supporting Educational Sovereignty through Video Ethnographies. Journal of American Indian Education.

DeGennaro, D. (2018). Toward transformative praxis: Fostering a teacher|leader|learner disposition. Journal of Transformative Education, 16(3), 220-245.

DeGennaro, D. (2014). Unlocking Silent Histories: Critical and Creative Expression for Indigenous Youth Available at http://www.edutopia.org/blog/unlocking-silent-histories-creative-expression-donna- degennaro.

Kress, T. DeGennaro, D. & Paugh, P. (Eds). (2013). Critical Pedagogy: Under the Radar and Off the Grid.

Special edition of The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.

DeGennaro, D. & Kress, T. (2011). Looking to Transform Learning: From Social Transformation in the Public Sphere to Authentic Learning in the Classroom. Journal of Applied Computing, 6(1), 23-30.

Goeke, J., Klein, E.J., Garcia-Reid, P., Birnbaum, A.S., Brown, T.L., DeGennaro, D. (2011). Deepening roots: Building a task-centered peer mentoring community. National Women’s Study Association Journal.

DeGennaro, D. (2010, November). Opening Digital Doors. Educational Leadership, 68(3), 73-76.

DeGennaro, D. (2010). Grounded in theory: Immersing preservice teachers in technology-mediated learning.

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 10(3). Available Online: http://www.citejournal.org/vol10/iss3/currentpractice/article1.cfm

DeGennaro, D. & Brown, T. (2009). Emergent fields through adaptation and identity: Overcoming social distance. Cultural Studies in Science Education, 4(1), 77–87.

DeGennaro, D. & Brown, T. (2009). Youth voices: Exploring connections between history agency and identity in a digital divide initiative. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 4(1), 13–39.

Brown,T. L., Linver, M., Evans, M., & DeGennaro, D. (2009). Racial and ethnic socializationand African American adolescent academic achievement: Teasing out the role of gender. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38(2), 214-227.

DeGennaro, D. (2008). The Dialectics Informing Identity in an Urban Youth Digital Storytelling Workshop.

eLearning. 5(4), 429-444.

DeGennaro, D. (2008). Learning designs: Tapping technology fluency of the Net Generation. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. 40(1), 81-100.

DeGennaro, D. (2008). Sociotechnical cultural activity: Expanding an understanding of developing technology practices. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 40(3), 329 – 351.

DeGennaro, D. (2005). Point counterpoint: Should IM be allowed in school? International Society of Technology in Education: Leading and Learning with Technology. 32(7), p. 6 – 8.

 

Books as Author

DeGennaro, D. (2016). Unlocking Silent Histories: Youth Media Productions in Context. Sense Publishers.

 

Books as Editor

Milne, C., Tobin, K. & DeGennaro, D. (Eds). (Forthcoming). Sociocultural studies and implications for science education: The Experiential and the Virtual. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

 

Book Chapters

DeGennaro, D. (2021). Deflecting echoes of settler-colonialism: resilience and healing while working with Maya youth. In T. Kress, C. Emdin, & R. Lake (Eds.), Critical Pedagogy for Healing: Paths Beyond “Wellness,” toward a Soul Revival of Teaching and Learning. Bloomsbury.

DeGennaro, D. & Brown, T. L. (2014). Youth Media Productions: Deconstructing “difference” or reifying norms?

In K. Tobin, C. Milne, & D. DeGennaro (Eds). Sociocultural Studies and Implications for Science Education: The Experiential and the Virtual. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer. .

DeGennaro, D. & Duque, R. (2013). Video of the Oppressed: Insights into Local Knowledge, Perspectives, and Interests with Youth. In T. Kress, C. Malott, & B. Porilio (Eds.), Challenging Status Quo Retrenchment: New Directions in Critical Qualitative Research, projected publication date, 2012. Information Age Publishers.

DeGennaro, D. (2012). You Are Not Alone: Radically Redefining ‘Place’ as Community. In T. Kress & R. Lake (Eds.), We Saved the Best for you: Letters of Hope, Imagination and Wisdom for 21st Century Teachers. Sense Publishers.

Kress, T. & DeGennaro, D. (2011). Scaling the Classroom Walls: Lessons Learned Outside of Schools About Social Media Activism and Education. Invited chapter for Malott, C. & Porfilio, B. Critical Pedagogy in the Twenty-First Century: A New Generation of Scholars. Volume 2. Information Age Publishers

Abbate-Vaughn, J. and DeGennaro, D. (2011). Chapter Three: The Great Balancing Act: Urban Universities in Global Times. In B. Lindsey and W. Blanchett (Eds.), Universities and global diversity: Preparing educators for tomorrow. Routledge & AACTE.

DeGennaro, D. (2010). History, culture, emergence: Informing learning designs. In W. M. Roth & K. Tobin (Eds.). Cultural studies and conceptions/conceptual change: Reuniting psychological and sociological perspectives. (pp. 59- 68). Netherlands: Springer.

DeGennaro, D. (2010 – November). Evolving learning designs and emerging technologies. In B. Fraser & K. Tobin (Eds.), International handbook of science education.

Bouillion, L., Thompson, C. & DeGennaro, D. (2010). Leisure and Technological Influences. In M. B. Spencer, D. P. Swanson, & M. Edwards (Eds.), Adolescence: Development during a global era.  Elsevier Adolescent Development.

DeGennaro, D (2009). Technology: From tool to learning design. In W. M. Roth & K. Tobin (Eds.), World of science education: North America. Rotterdam, NL: Sense Publishing.

DeGennaro, D. (2006). The Practices and Process of Developing Technology Fluency Across Boundaries of Race, Gender, Age and Space. In R. Goldstein (Ed.), Useful Theory: Making Critical Education Practical. (pp. 149-163). NY: Peter Lang.

Bouillion, L. & DeGennaro, D. (2006). The interrelationship between technology fluency and scientific literacy.

In. K. Tobin (Ed.), Teaching and Learning Science: A Handbook. (pp. 135-132). New York, NY: Peter Lang.

DeGennaro, D. (2006). Teaching and Learning in a 1-to-1 Environment. In P. Livingston (Ed.), 1-to-1 Learning: Laptop Programs that Work. (pp. 111-121). Eugene, OR: International Society of Technology in Education.

 

Conference Proceedings

DeGennaro, D. & Kress, T. (2010). Looking to Transform Learning: From Social Transformation in the Public Sphere to Authentic Learning in the Classroom. In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2010 (pp. 2357-2363). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

Thompson, C., Bouillion, L. & DeGennaro, D. (2007). Tapping Youth as Tech Leaders: A Discussion of Expertise, Learning, and Mutual Benefit Within Collaborative IT Initiatives. In C. Montgomerie & J. Seale (Eds.), In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2007 (pp. 1941-1946). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

DeGennaro, D. (2006). Technology fluency discovering adaptability in a diverse learning environment. In S. A. Barab, K. E. Hay, & D. T. Hickey, (Eds.), In Proceedings of the 7th international Conference on Learning Sciences (pp. 120-126). Bloomington, IN: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

DeGennaro, D. & Light, G. (2005). Exploring Student-Teacher Roles and Educational Affordances of an Instant Messenger Environment. In P. Kommers & G. Richards (Eds.), In Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2005 (pp. 2428-2436). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.

The community voices ring through the space; you disappear from your research.

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