Tending Our Field’s Garden: Research Deans’ (re)Imagining the Future of Teaching and Teacher Education

Session Type: Paper Session

Abstract

Taking up Division K’s theme and metaphorical connections to gardening and cultivation, research deans of college and schools of education will engage in discussion of the current state and ways we might reimagine what it means to conduct research that translates into effective preparation and practice for educators, children, and communities to experience belonging and wholeness. Like gardening, education goes through seasons of thriving and transformation; there are also instances where pruning and patience are necessary to stimulate growth. This invited Division K VP Session will encourage participants to reconsider and recommit to intentional tending of the ever-evolving educational ecosystem to foster professional growth and inclusive educational environments for learners P-20+.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education

Chairs

• Erica D. McCray, University of Florida

• Nicol R. Howard, Chapman University

Papers

• Tending Our Field’s Garden: A San Diego Dean (re)Imagining the Future of Teaching and Teacher Education - Kimberly A. White-Smith, University of San Diego

• Tending Our Field’s Garden: A California Dean (re)Imagining the Future of Teaching and Teacher Education - Roxanne Greitz Miller, Chapman University

• Tending Our Field’s Garden: A Philadelphia Dean (re)Imagining the Future of Teaching and Teacher Education - Monika Williams Shealey, Temple University

• Tending Our Field’s Garden: A Texas Dean (re)Imagining the Future of Teaching and Teacher Education - Frank Hernandez, Texas Christian University

Session Organizer

• Nicol R. Howard, Chapman University

Discussant

• Kimberly Griffin, University of Maryland