Symposium on Literacy Teacher Agency and Leadership in Politicized Times

Session Submission Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium highlights three qualitative studies examining ongoing challenges faced by literacy educators who work within increasingly politicized and contentious policy contexts. Each study uniquely examines how particular contexts inform teacher decision-making using different methods. Each study grapples with the conference theme of literacy professionals' collaboration and engagement toward productive action to recognize, repair, and propose ways forward in education as a public good for children and a democratic society.

Content Area

• AREA 2. In-service Teacher Education/Professional Development in Literacy

Chair

• Kristy Brugar, University of Oklahoma

Discussant

• Loukia K Sarroub, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Individual Presentations

• Narrative Empathy and Text Selection in the High School Classroom: Stories from Literacy Leaders - Julianna Lopez Kershen, University of Oklahoma

• Asset Based Pedagogy as a Bridge for Deficit-Centered Schooling - Lisa Kathryn Richardson, University of Alaska Southeast; Cathy A Coulter, University of Alaska Anchorage

• Framing Critical Literacy in Rural Classrooms: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Teaching Practices - Cassandra Schroeder, Bellevue University