"Practitioners Are Scholars Too": A Critical Conversation on the Mentorship and Mentoring Practices of Practitioner-Led Research and Scholarship as a Vehicle for a Revised Educational Research Narrative

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Initially, this panel symposium was submitted as a Presidential Session. However, we determined that a panel symposium would be the best fit for the audience we are hoping to bring together as we provide opportunity to engage in a critical and much needed conversation on practitioner led research and scholarship. As this session will show, through intentional mentoring and mentorship practices, practitioners in P-12 settings in collaboration with researchers and scholars can lead a new and revised educational research agenda.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Mentorship and Mentoring Practices

Chair

• Aaron Jermaine Griffen, DSST Public Schools

Papers

• Researchers and Practitioners Collaborating to Develop and Disseminate Theory Into Practice - Raphael Crawford, Albemarle Corporation

• Researchers and Practitioners Partnering to Hold Systems and System Leaders Accountable for Putting Practice Into Policy - Donna M. Druery, Texas A&M University - College Station; Antoinette McDaniel, John Carroll University

• Overcoming Barriers to Practitioner-Led Research and Research Collaboration? - Malik S. Henfield, Loyola University Chicago; Michelle F. Trotman Scott, University of West Georgia

Discussant

• Donna Y. Ford, The Ohio State University