The Truth Is Out There: Amplifying Teacher-Researcher Voice in Education Research

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Research is often the field on which a struggle for truth plays out. This session contributes to our understanding of what constitutes “consequential education research” by amplifying the research of three Chicago-based teacher-researchers, each reflecting on different aspects of practice. The first is a critical self-study of one teacher-researcher’s reflections on mentoring pre-service teachers. The second is a case study focusing on a professional development course with ELA teachers. The third paper uses interviews with teachers in one school building to examine teachers’ understandings and enactments of diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Taken together, these studies open a space for conversation among teacher-researchers seeking to contribute their own critical analysis and reflections of their daily experiences as practitioners and scholars.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Teacher as Researcher

Chair

• Andrea Vaughan, University of Illinois at Chicago

Papers

• Pivots in Perspective and Positionality: A Teacher Researcher's Mentorship of Preservice Teachers During the COVID-19 Pandemic - Mary Rose O'Shea, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Such Stuff as Professional Development Is Made On - Melina Lesus, University of Illinois at Chicago

• Teaching in Color: A Critical Analysis of Teachers' Experiences and Perceptions of Diversity and Equity - Nevien Shaabneh, District 230

Discussant

• Kira J. Baker-Doyle, University of Illinois at Chicago