Learning and Schooling of African American Students: Three Critical Paradigms Shaping the Field

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session will focus on issues of identity, achievement, and assessment within broader discussions of educational equity and opportunity, drawing upon the research of Edgar Epps, Ed Gordon, and Sylvia Johnson. The three renowned researchers’ work challenged paradigms and contributed to re -conceptualizations, frameworks, and approaches to the study of African American and low-income students. Participants in this panel will consider transcending research themes, identify the scholarships’ critical dimensions, its contributions to contemporary discussions of equal educational opportunity, and the translation of research to practice and policy. Presenters will focus on specific questions raised in the scholars work, implications for the field, and the potential for a rigorous and responsive effort in moving forward.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Walter R. Allen, University of California - Los Angeles

Participants

• Margaret Beale Spencer, University of Chicago

• Olga M. Welch, Duquesne University

• V. P. Franklin, Association for the Study of African American Life and History

• Carol Camp Yeakey, Washington University in St. Louis

• Ezekiel J. Dixon-Roman, The University of Pennsylvania

• Fayneese Miller, Hamline University

• Bruce R. Hare, Onondaga Community College