16.045 - Striving for Educational Equality: Extending the Conversation Across Diverse Contexts

Session Type: Workshop

Abstract

We welcome you to join us as we explore and celebrate the many ways that holistic education strives to foster equal educational opportunities across various contexts. We are striving to deepen the conversation of this years AERA theme to bring knowledge into action in order to create equal educational opportunity for all students. We will be exploring urban, suburban, and rural contexts for education. We will also be venturing across levels of education from preschool to graduate school and the need for differentiation across individuals integrating a disability studies and cultural studies lens on equity.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Holistic Education

Chairs

• Bruce J. Novak, Foundation for Ethics and Meaning

• Jennifer Elaine Killham, University of LaVerne

• Michelle L. Tichy, University of La Verne

Papers

• From Surviving to Thriving: A Tribute to Dr. Samuel Stringfield - Jennifer Elaine Killham, University of LaVerne

• Holistic Approaches to Teacher Education: Caring for the Whole Teacher in Difficult Times - Karen F. Tardrew, National Louis University

• Cancelled. From Rural to Urban: A Tribute to Teachers Across America - Kelli Marie Jette, University of Cincinnati

• Meeting the Diverse Needs of Pre-K–12 Environment: A Tribute to Special Educators - Michael Skivington, Sam Houston State University

• Holistic Education in Higher Education - Bruce J. Novak, Foundation for Ethics and Meaning