What Challenges and Possibilities Lie Ahead for Educational Research on Decolonizing the Curriculum in the United States, Canada, and United Kingdom Amidst a Political Climate of Right-Wing Populism?

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium responds to the title question through three examples of leading educational research from the USA, Canada and the UK showcased by The BERA Guide to Decolonising the Curriculum: Equity and Inclusion in Educational Research and Practice. In discussion of overlapping themes of insight through our comparative lenses, we will explore what might be the next steps in advancing this field of educational research across local, national and global contexts in the midst of right-wing populism and woke backlash towards critical race theory, multiculturalism and cultural diversity as educational policy for equity and inclusion in education, teaching and learning.

Sub Unit

• International Aligned Organizations / British Educational Research Association - BERA

Chair

• Marlon Lee Moncrieffe, British Educational Research Association

Papers

• Decolonial Education through Solidarities: Anti-Racism Learning in Early Childhood Education And Care in Canada - Zuhra Abawi, Niagara University - Ontario; Rachel C. Berman, Toronto Metropolitan University

• DECOLONISING AND DIVERSIFYING PRIMARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM KNOWLEDGE: ENACTING THEORY IN PRACTICE AND PEDAGOGY - Lisa-Marie Muller, Chartered College of Teaching; Marlon Lee Moncrieffe, British Educational Research Association; Hannah Tyreman, Teacher Development Trust

• ‘HUNTING’ FOR A BLACK FEMINIST DECOLONIAL ‘ARCHIVE’ AT A PREDOMINANTLY WHITE UNIVERSITY - Sahar D. Sattarzadeh, Nelson Mandela University/The University of Texas at Arlington