"With Conscious Purposes and Plans": Possibilities and Promises of Ethnic Studies and Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session involves scholars whose work examines how Ethnic Studies and Education intersect to understand the educational experiences of students and teachers of color. We present research that: 1) explores Ethnic Studies approaches for elementary classrooms; 2) investigates how Ethnic Studies supports and prepares Filipina/o American K-12 teachers; 3) examines the development of multiliteracies in an Ethnic Studies class for im/migrant Latina@ youth; and 4) examines the impact of Black Studies for Black students. We aim to demonstrate the potential of critical pedagogies of race and Ethnic Studies in K-12 classrooms to foster 21st century literacies, civic engagement, and academic development. To this end, we offer ways educators can better serve historically marginalized students through Ethnic Studies.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Education in Mulitcultural Contexts Within and Across Subject Areas

Chair

• Tracy Lachica Buenavista, California State University - Northridge

Papers

• The Study of Self: Ethnic Studies Approaches in the Elementary Classroom - Carolina Valdez, California State University - Monterey Bay

• Learning From the Outliers Within: Ethnic Studies and Filipina/o American Teachers' Praxis - Edward Ryan Curammeng, University of California - Los Angeles

• Transnational Youth in the Digital Age: Exploring Multiliterate Repertoires in a Raza Studies Course - Cati V. de los Rios, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Free-dumb Fighting: Liberating the Mis-Education of American Youth Through Black Studies - Donja Bridges, The Ohio State University

Discussant

• Ernest D. Morrell, Teachers College, Columbia University