Across Time and Place: Storying Educational Experiences Across Cultures to Imagine Hopeful Futures for Learning

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Abstract

This study centers the lived experiences of learners from diverse cultural backgrounds as critical insights for imagining more equitable futures. An intercultural, interdisciplinary team from the Navajo Nation, China, the Netherlands, and the United States engaged in dialogical storytelling to explore how pedagogy, curriculum, and learning environments shape educational experiences. Guided by Indigenous methodologies and dialogic narrative analysis, we drew upon personal learning narratives to examine past and present experiences and used our insights to envision more hopeful futures for education. Our preliminary findings, focusing on the harms of entrenched hierarchies and the promise of equitable diversity, highlight the power of imagination and intercultural dialogue to challenge dominant norms, expand knowledge systems, and cultivate inclusive educational ecosystems.

Authors

• Kevin Brown, Arizona State University

• Rebekah Jongewaard, Arizona State University

• Bregje van Geffen, Arizona State University

• Lin Yan, Arizona State University