Social Movements and Educational Change: An Integrative Review of the Literature

• In Event: 29.090 - Roundtable Session 9
  In Roundtable Session: 29.090-18 - Social Movements, Culture, and Context in Educational Change

Abstract

Given the relevance of social movements to education and education to social movements, it is no surprise that the past quarter century has seen remarkable growth in social movement scholarship in education. Up to this point, however, no comprehensive review of this scholarship has been produced. We sought to address this via an extensive review of social movement-related inquiry across myriad fields of educational research. The question guiding the study was how have educational researchers addressed social movements in their scholarship? The resulting paper presents trends in this scholarship; compares lines of inquiry and theoretical frames; identifies both prominent and underutilized perspectives; synthesizes insights from the literature; and presents critiques, conclusions, and questions for future inquiry.

Authors

• Tricia Niesz, Kent State University

• Rachel Foot, Kent State University

• Christy Burke Walkuski

• Aaron Korora