Traversing Borders, Cultures, and Languages: Communities, Families’ Homes, and Classrooms as Transnational and Translingual Sites for Practice, Policies, and Research

Session Submission Type: Alternative Format Session

Abstract

This alternative session is comprised of educators and researchers who will explore the ways in which children, youth, and families traverse borders, cultures, and languages. As a group of educators and researchers, we identify as international teachers, researchers, and scholars who share transnational, immigrant, and refugee backgrounds. Our work provides opportunities to advance theoretical knowledge and understandings related to practice across community, home, and classroom contexts, as well as education policies and humanizing research.

Content Area

• AREA 8. Literacy Learning and Practice in Multicultural and Multilingual Settings

Chair

• Nermin Vehabovic, Elon University

Individual Presentations

• Let’s Get Critical: Reading Picturebooks in a Refugee-Background Family’s Home as Global Engagement - Nermin Vehabovic, Elon University; Cristina Aguilar Escamilla, Elon University

• Picturebooks as Windows, Mirrors, and Sliding Glass Doors in a Kindergarten ESOL Classroom: Translingual Children's Perspectives and Ways of Knowing - Javiera Leyton Alarcon, Elon University

• Intertwining STEM and Bi/Multilingualism - Fernando Arevalo Rodriguez, Elon University