Challenging Academic Boundaries: Justice-Centered Education Research and Praxis

• In Event: 14.031 - The Intersections of Critical Education

Abstract

As a collective of scholars working towards justice-centered pedagogy and praxis, that is anti-colonial, inclusive and humanity centered, this work serves to further the discourse surrounding the approaches institutions of higher education engage in with K-12 public schools and urban communities. This analysis reviews, proposes, and critiques current and suggested research models seeking to transform the material, emotional and economic realities of various urban communities, fostering research approaches that result in schools and neighborhoods being the primary beneficiary of inquiry and scholarly efforts. We invite scholars to engage with us in generating plausible systems that hold institutions and individuals accountable to the schools and communities in which they conduct their work.

Authors

• Ann M. Aviles de Bradley, Northeastern Illinois University

• Gabriel Alejandro Cortez, Northeastern Illinois University

• Kay Fumiko Fujiyoshi, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Isaura Betzabe Pulido, Northeastern Illinois University

• David O. Stovall, University of Illinois at Chicago