PLOS ONE · 4 authors, 2 centres
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This critical ethnography describes how 26 rising ninth-graders analyzed Massachusetts community data during a summer 2020 curricular unit on COVID-19. Students identified that communities with more education and financial resources experienced lower COVID-19 infection rates.
This critical ethnography study, conducted in summer 2020, investigated a socioscientific issues curricular unit with 26 rising ninth-grade students (ages 14–15) enrolled in an early college high school program at a state university in the northeastern United States. Students were asked to analyze COVID-19 infection rates alongside per-capita income, high school diploma attainment, and college degree attainment across Massachusetts cities and towns. Through data collection and analysis, students identified patterns showing that less educated and more impoverished communities experienced higher COVID-19 infection rates. The study demonstrated that students enhanced their understanding of the relationships between COVID-19 and community health, wealth, and educational attainment, and that this knowledge drove their decisions to advocate for community protections.
