43.004 - Some of Your "Faves" Are Problematic: Disrupting Common Yet Problematic Narratives, Theories, and Practice in Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

This session is designed to consider that if we are to leverage educational research and practice that is emancipatory, relevant, and responsive to the pressing needs and realities of the 21st century; it is imperative we create spaces to address, question, and disrupt that which is inherently problematic in our field. Accordingly, this session aims to change the narrative by engaging a conversation on disruption of harmful yet often popular theories, narratives, and practices in the field of education. It incorporates diverse perspectives from scholars and leaders with an array of knowledge and professional backgrounds and highlights many of the tensions, conflicts, and nuances that are the impetus for a discussion on problematic narratives, theories, and practices. The session will begin with opening remarks from Alim, Iloh, Flores, and Watson. The majority of the session will consist of dialogue where Alim and audience members pose questions to Flores, Iloh, Watson, and Ishimaru. The audience in the room, as well as those not present physically, will be able to engage in the conversation using Twitter hashtag #AERAproblematicFaves. Some questions posed from our Twitter audience will even be addressed during the session so that those unable to be present can still be heard during the session. The design of this interdisciplinary session is also an act of disruption. We take an expansive approach to who should be considered experts, disruptors, and innovators in our field by unapologetically creating a panel that is not male-dominated, white-dominated, and full/distinguished professor dominated.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Constance Iloh, University of California - Irvine

Participants

• Constance Iloh, University of California - Irvine

• Ann M. Ishimaru, University of Washington

• Nelson Flores, University of Pennsylvania

• Terri Nicol Watson, City College of New York - CUNY

Moderator

• H. Samy Alim, University of California - Los Angeles