Session Submission Summary

Critical Literacy and Social Justice

Wed, November 30, 12:00 to 1:00pm, Omni Nashville, Floor: Level 2, Broadway Ballroom J
Thu, December 1, 12:00 to 1:00pm, Omni Nashville, Floor: Level 2, Broadway Ballroom J
Fri, December 2, 12:00 to 1:00pm, Omni Nashville, Floor: Level 2, Broadway Ballroom J

Session Submission Type: Study Group

Abstract

Scholars with expertise and new research on critical literacy and social justice will lead discussions. Sessions are sequenced as past, present, and future. Day 1: Patrick Shannon, distinguished professor, will address the past with “American antecedents of critical pedagogy.” Day 2: Margaret Vaughn, assistant professor, and Lori Assaf, Professor, will address the present in “empowerment of indigenous students and teachers.” Day 3: Jacquelynn Malloy, assistant professor, will highlight “teachers as change agents for the future.”

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