69.057-19 - "Boundary Crossings" and Critical Community Engagements: Learning Environments as Promisors of Equitable Educational Opportunity

• In Event: 69.057 - Roundtable Session 32

Session Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract

Exploring learning opportunities from middle school to college, from virtual to physical spaces, four presenters emphasize the transformative elements of context in student learning.  Collectively, they promote interdisciplinary research agendas that imagine local and global communities as classrooms, where students and educators gain access to innovative learning materials and engage with ideas, cultures, and beliefs that are different than their own.  Within the intersectional spaces of these studies, the researchers ask, “who has access to these kinds of learning experiences” and “how do these opportunities prepare students and future educators for diverse, interdependent, global societies?”

Sub Unit

• SIG-International Studies

Chair

• Tamara T. Butler, Michigan State University

Papers

• Interrogating Cultural Hegemonies in Education: Aleknagikan and Nairobian Youth Voices - David Bwire, The Ohio State University

• Situated Learning: Aligning Beliefs, Thoughts, and Actions During Freedom Summer - Emily Annette Nemeth, Denison University; Heather Hill, The Ohio State University

• Diverse Learners in Diverse Spaces: International Study Abroad Experiences of Historically Underrepresented College Students - Ashley N. Patterson, The Pennsylvania State University; Robert A. Bennett, The Ohio State University; James L. Moore, The Ohio State University