SSRL Newsletter—Fall 2023 (Reflections on Equitable Self-Regulated Learning Research)

Please find our Fall 2023 edition of the Studying and Self-Regulated Learning SIG Newsletter here. This issue focuses on the ways we can challenge prior work focused on self-regulated learning to push our field forward in supporting communities of color.

There are a few themes that emerge from these contributions.

• The importance of evaluating existing bodies of self-regulated learning research using a critical lens to interrogate the ways the theory may harm communities of color (Varier; Vassallo).

• The pitfalls of the emphasis on “self” in self- regulated learning (Nguyen, Vassallo).

• The pressing need to integrate existing research and perspectives that examines how educational structures, in general, harm communities of color (e.g., critical theories, culturally relevant teaching, culturally responsive teaching) into frameworks of self-regulated learning (Nguyen; Varier).

• The importance of using ideas from frameworks that emphasize context (e.g., complex dynamic systems approach, socio-contextual theories) to accurately capture students’ experiences (Eisman, Nguyen).

• When designing interventions or translating this work to practice, the importance of recognizing students’ context (Eisman).

Thank you to all researchers showcased and to our co-editors Anna Brady and Lauren Cabrera.