Inclusive R&D Infrastructures: Perspective, Context, and Communicentric Bias

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

In the rapidly evolving landscape of education research and development (R&D), fostering inclusive infrastructures has emerged as a critical challenge and a strategic imperative. This panel delves into the nuances of creating R&D ecosystems that acknowledge and actively embrace variation in cultural, perspective, and context. Panelists will explore a range of topics, including the importance of integrating variation in perspectives regarding cognition, human development, and disciplinary affordances into R&D infrastructures, and the impact of such approaches on innovation and problem-solving. The session will provide insights into practical approaches for mitigating communicentric bias, facilitating more equitable participation in R&D activities, and ensuring that research outputs are relevant and accessible to a broad spectrum of stakeholders through knowledge mobilization and engagement. Join us for a thought-provoking exploration of how we can collectively build R&D infrastructures that are truly inclusive, thereby enhancing the societal relevance and impact of our research endeavors.

Sub Unit

• AERA Honorary President Edmund W. Gordon Series

Cosponsor

• AERA Research and Science Policy Sessions

Chair

• James L. Moore, National Science Foundation

Participant

• Edmund W. Gordon, Teachers College, Columbia University

Presenters

• Jessica Heppen, American Institutes for Research

• Roberto Rodriguez, U.S. Department of Education

• Matthew E. Soldner, Institute of Education Sciences

• Na'ilah Suad Nasir, Spencer Foundation