Weaving Relational Approaches in World Language Teacher Learning: Embodiment, Creative Expression and Connection

• In Event: AERA Poster Session Thursday 9:45am
  In Poster Session: AERA Division K Section 6 In-Service Educators - Poster Session 2

Abstract

This poster examines two in-service world language teacher learning contexts, a years-long collaborative navigating state-level standards reform and an immersive summer study abroad program for French teachers where in the most recent installment, teachers explored and developed their stances toward the integration of artificial intelligence in education. Drawing on relational, materialist, arts-based, and disruptive methodological traditions (Boucher Jr, forthcoming; Tachine & Nicolazzo, 2024), we conceptualize teacher learning through two foundational pillars: (1) embodied & emplaced experience, and (2) symbolic resources & meaning potentials. We argue that these pillars humanize professional learning, deepen sense-making during educational change, and foster more equitable researcher–practitioner partnerships. The poster includes interactive elements (QR-coded audio/video artifacts, reflective prompts) to engage attendees in reimagining their own teacher learning and research practices.

Authors

• Seyyedeh Mobina Hosseini, University at Buffalo - SUNY

• Erin Kearney, University at Buffalo - SUNY