Exploring That Which Makes Us Human: Vulnerability, Family, and Profession

• In Event: 75.042 - The Power of Teacher Beliefs in Shaping Policy and Practice

Abstract

As educators, we often find ourselves isolated in silos constructed by our various histories – personal, educational, and professional, as well as our current lived experiences – family, scholarship, and professional roles and responsibilities. We must learn to “hear” and “see” our own language, culture, and heritage as family and educator, to identify and explore our own vulnerabilities that prevent us from, and/or open us to, confronting inequitable practices in education. This presentation is meant to (a) engage the audience in the process shared by the three authors of identifying, exploring, and making meaning of the vulnerabilities experienced as members of family and academia, as well as (b) encourage them to broaden the parameters of knowing and meaning-making in education.

Authors

• Cheryl L. Beverly, James Madison University

• Aaron Thomas Bodle, James Madison University

• Jane B. Thall, James Madison University