Division A Fireside Chat. Challenging Perceptions of Youth: How Research Can Guide Educational Leaders in Their Work With Young People

Session Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The traditionally accepted discourse about adolescents suggests youth are coming of age, peer oriented, controlled by their hormones, violent, and at times, menaces to society—assumptions which can be complicated by perceptions on race, class and gender. Acceptance of this discourse can lead to policies and practices that aim to control youth behavior and treat adolescents as passive recipients of their learning. Education research on/with young people, however, has challenged these assumptions and can inform both innovative solutions and the reframing of educational issues such as engagement, safety, and dropout. This Fireside Chat will explore perceptions of youth and how research can guide scholars and educational leaders in their work with and for young people.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsors

• Division A - Administration / Division A - Administration, Organization, and Leadership

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Alexandra E. Pavlakis, Southern Methodist University

• Kate Rollert, Michigan State University

Participants

• Bianca J. Baldridge, University of Wisconsin - Madison

• Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Lee Anne Bell, Barnard College

• John S. Rogers, University of California - Los Angeles