Title
Professor
Department
EIME, TEd
Contact Information
Office: 206H MCKB
Phone: 801-422-3241
Email: bryant_jensen@byu.edu
Dr. Bryant Jensen is a professor in the Department of Teacher Education at BYU. He teaches courses on learning and instruction, multicultural education, research methods, and public education for societal development. His research addresses equitable teaching and teacher learning to transform their interactions and lesson activities to enhance opportunities for children and youth from vulnerable communities. Bryant collaborates with educators and research colleagues to develop and test supports such as peer observation systems for teachers to learn together to enact ambitious teaching practices in disadvantages communities in the US and in Latin America.
Bryant has been a Fulbright scholar in Mexico and in Argentina, a teacher educator in California's San Joaquin Valley, and a postdoc fellow at the University of Oregon. He co-authored The Students We Share: Preparing Mexican and US Teachers for Our Transnational Future (SUNY Press). Bryant’s research appears in various journals, including Early Childhood Research Quarterly, Educational Assessment, Educational Researcher, Journal of Teacher Education, Reading Research Quarterly, Teaching and Teacher Education, and others. He serves on the editorial boards of The Elementary School Journal, International Journal of Educational Development, Review of Educational Research, and Theory Into Practice. His work has been funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education, Fulbright, the Mexican government, BYU, and a handful of foundations. Bryant is a first-generation college graduate and with his superhuman spouse, Taryn, is raising six spirited children in Provo, Utah.
Multicultural Education; Learning and Instruction; Research Methods; Equitable Teaching; Educational Foundations; International Development
Teacher Learning; Equitable Teaching; Moral Work of Teaching; Teacher Collaboration; School Change; Latin America; Language/Literacy; Latina/o Education; Migration and Education; Faith and Education; Teacher Professional Identity
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Fulbright Specialist —
2021–2025
- Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of State
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Nancy Peery Marriott Excellence in Scholarship Award —
2021–2022
- Sponsor: BYU McKay School of Education
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Visiting Scholar —
2021
- Sponsor: Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Early Career Grantee, National Academy of Education —
2013–2014
- Sponsor: National Academy of Education
- Financial support and recognition to develop a new classroom observation system--using the MET longitudinal database--that reliably captures cultural aspects of teacher-student interactions.
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Fulbright-Garcia Robles Fellow —
2007–2008
- Sponsor: Fulbright
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Fulbright Specialist —
2021–2025
- Sponsor: U.S. Dept. of State
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Nancy Peery Marriott Excellence in Scholarship Award —
2021–2022
- Sponsor: BYU McKay School of Education
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Visiting Scholar —
2021
- Sponsor: Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE), University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
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Early Career Grantee, National Academy of Education —
2013–2014
- Sponsor: National Academy of Education
- Financial support and recognition to develop a new classroom observation system--using the MET longitudinal database--that reliably captures cultural aspects of teacher-student interactions.
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Fulbright-Garcia Robles Fellow —
2007–2008
- Sponsor: Fulbright
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00224871231183090
Publisher: Sage
Volume: 74
Issue: 4
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00224871231183090
Pages: 299-314
Journal: Journal of Teacher Education
Date: 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Volume: 35
Issue: 6
Journal: Language and Education
Date: 2021
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2019.1665417
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Volume: 59
Issue: 1
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2019.1665417
Pages: 1-7
Journal: Theory Into Practice
Date: 2019
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2023.2258735
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Volume: 62
Issue: 4
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00405841.2023.2258735
Pages: 404-419
Journal: Theory Into Practice
Publisher: ElSevier
Volume: 131
URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0742051X23001646?casa_token=euV4Da703rAAAAAA:3m_BderYgpZFKqpBghelgIQrUUOyN0q92NA4_4NqSocXsc7qZlxa12zFn8SzmohArTLqPp6-3w
Journal: Teaching and Teacher Education
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X211014859
Publisher: SAGE
Volume: 50
Issue: 8
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3102/0013189X211014859
Journal: Educational Researcher
URL: https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rrq.409
Publisher: Wiley
Volume: 56
URL: https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rrq.409
Journal: Reading Research Quarterly
Publisher: SUNY Press
Journal: The Students We Share
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10627197.2018.1515010
Publisher: Routledge
Volume: 23
Issue: 4
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10627197.2018.1515010
Journal: Educational Assessment