66.012 - Persistent Conundrums: Researching the Tie of Research to Justice and the Curious Place of Culture, Language, and Heritage in the History of Educational Research

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This panel examines two conundra expressed in our 2015 annual theme statement. The first is the “conundrum of culture, language, and heritage in education, research, theorizing and policy making.” The second finds in educational research the treadle of social justice. Maxims such as these do extraordinary work. They set our sights to a common purpose. At the same time, however, in the measure that we embrace them, we tend to leave them un-examined. The panel treats these conundra as knots to be untied. They offer us an opening whereby we can explore the conceptual histories that have given shape and certainty—and perhaps impossible tasks—to our literatures and professional discourses. The panel aims to show how they do.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Douglas H. Macbeth, The Ohio State University

Participant

• Ray McDermott, Stanford University

Papers

• Willful Ignorance: The Not so Curious Place of Culture, Language and Heritage in Educational Research - Gustavo E. Fischman, Arizona State University

• Situated Ignorance and the Obstruction of Social Justice - Sara Delamont, Cardiff University

• Cultural and Political Determinants of Educational Research - Joel H. Spring, Queens College - CUNY

• Does Learning Exist? - Ray McDermott, Stanford University