Stepping into an Uncertain Future: Literacy Teaching and Research for Transformation

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This session is designed to explore how literacy professionals can build adaptive capacity for addressing uncertainties in the complex adaptive systems where they live and work. We will apply the techniques of Forum Theater to invite participants into dialogue about how to help clients, colleagues and students navigate complexity in diverse learning ecologies. We will consider the multiple, layered roles of literacies, teaching and research in the face of an uncertain future.

Content Area

• Area 13: Other Topics

Individual Presentations

• Multimodal Literacies and Adaptive Capacity for Elementary Students - Whitney Young, University of North Texas

• Literacy Coaches and Adaptive Capacity - Joan Curtis, University of North Texas

• Preservice Teachers and Adaptive Capacity - Carol Wickstrom, University of North Texas

• Family Therapy and Adaptive Capacity - Dana O'Brien, Cook Children's Medical Center

• Alaska Native Educators and Adaptive Capacity - Joan Parker Webster, University of Alaska - Fairbanks; Sabine Siekmann, University of Alaska - Fairbanks

• School District Leadership and Adaptive Capacity - Royce Holladay, Human Systems Dynamics Institute