72.018 - Research Knowledge and a Vision of Equal Scholarly Participation: International Perspectives and Opportunities for Collaboration

Session Type: Working Group Roundtable

Abstract

The 2017 AERA theme emphasizes the importance of empirical research and its role in creating equal educational opportunities. While “equal educational opportunity” in the U.S. often connotes with civil rights and minority access to education, internationally this phrase can have multiple interpretations, including access to knowledge and participation in the scholarly community. Scholars from many nations struggle to publish in English-dominant journals and make their work known internationally. This working group brings together scholars from five nations with different historical, political, linguistic, and economic backgrounds. Through dialogues about research methodologies within and across nations, we seek to examine pathways for a more equitable access to research publishing and sharing of international expertise.

Sub Unit

• Division D - Measurement and Research Methodologies / Division D - Section 3: Qualitative Research Methods

Chair

• Judith L. Green, University of California - Santa Barbara

Papers

• Research With Children in Colombia: Creating Opportunities for Agency in the Contexts of Violence - Alba Lucy Guerrero, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana

• Research for Academic Success Versus Understanding and Transforming Education: The Case of ESBRINA's Research Group - Juana M. Sancho-Gil, Universitat de Barcelona; Fernando Hernandez-Hernandez, Universitat de Barcelona

• Expanding Notions of Educational Opportunities and Trajectories: Studying Norwegian "Learning Lives" - Ola Erstad, University of Oslo

• Research Learning in Lithuania: Historical, National, and International Influences - Liudmila Rupsiene, Klaipeda University; Audra Skukauskaite, Academic Research Consulting; Ingrida Baranauskiene, Klaipeda University

Discussant

• Kathryn M. Anderson-Levitt, University of California - Los Angeles