Border Crossings and Ethical Praxis: Global Educational Pursuits Within and Across Cultures

Session Type: WERA Symposium

Abstract

This symposium is intended to spur discussions of the ethics involved in educational research endeavors within and across cultures. The presentations delve into the tensions arising as scholars explore issues related social justice and transformative education where global pursuits clash with local ethical considerations. The presenters identify how epistemologies related to social justice, empowerment, socio-environmental pedagogies, collaboration, intellectual property considerations and aspirations of global citizenship and cosmopolitanism may not fit with the histories, values, and cultural practices of the groups that educators may be vying to support. The presentations together with the comments by the discussant (a leading indigenous researcher) will highlight the multilayered, complex and tricky nature of ethically researching or pursuing educational advances across borders.

Sub Unit

• World Education Research Association (WERA)

Chair

• Robert J. Tierney, The University of British Columbia, The University of Sydney, Beijing Normal University

Papers

• Transformative Course Evaluations, Mentoring, and "Sensitivity": Working Through Ethics in a "Small Culture" in China - Lauren Ila Misiaszek, Beijing Normal University

• Walking out of the Dilemma of Ethical Field: Case Study on Teachers' Voices on Curriculum Change in a Chinese High School - Wei Kan, Beijing Normal University

• Contested Terrain of Globalization on Citizenship and Environmental Pedagogies for Ethical Praxis: An Epistemological Analysis - Greg William Misiaszek, Beijing Normal University

• Unpacking Ethical Chasms: The Guise of Global Educational Empowerment and Internationalization - Robert J. Tierney, The University of British Columbia, The University of Sydney, Beijing Normal University

Discussant

• Graham H. Smith, Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi