Courting the Love of Wisdom: Bilingual Education as a Philosophical Field of Play

• In Event: Decolonizing Civic Education

Abstract

Bilingual education in the U.S. is a dynamic and consolidated field of educational advocacy, research, and practice. However, even a cursory review of most significant scholarship published in the field attest to the fact that scholars, generally, do not work from explicitly philosophical lenses and research traditions to make sense of our work. At this juncture in time, when the field finds itself at the crossroads of diametrically divergent conceptual, theoretical, and ideological perspectives, reconceptualizing bilingual education as “a philosophical field of play” is timely and significant for (1) mapping the field’s state-of-the-art and intellectual history, and (2) critically “thinking about our thinking” to continue to advance our research, practice, and advocacy endeavors in philosophically conscious ways.

Authors

• Cristian R. Aquino-Sterling, Texas Tech University

• Lauren Tenneson, Texas Tech University

• Ufomanefe Shola Kayode, Texas Tech University

• Julissa Bello, Yes Prep Public Schools