The Pursuit for Responsible Educators Creating Equitable Learning Opportunities: A Cross-Institutional Conversation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This year’s AERA theme, ‘accepting educational responsibility,’ allows educators to reflect on their role in making the world a better place. Among the many social ills which afflict society, is the issue of equitable access to resources and opportunities for authentic and synergistic participation. This cross institutional conversation, comprising five studies focusing on the sociocultural nature of education, explores how teacher discourse creates learning opportunities in different educational settings (Rex, 2006). The five studies in this symposium contextualize and explore issues of language and discourse practices within specific teaching and learning spaces, to propose concrete ways to make education more equitable, reflexive, critical, and, ultimately, transformative. Overall, these studies illustrate useful approaches grounded in evidence-based interpretation of data.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Language and Social Processes

Chair

• Minseok Choi, The Ohio State University - Columbus

Papers

• Surfacing Co-Teaching Discourse Strategies in Initial Teacher Education: A Video-Based Ethnography - Monaliza Maximo Chian, The University of Hong Kong; Susan M Bridges, The University of Hong Kong; Diana Lee, The University of Hong Kong

• What Kind of Teachers Do Our Students Wish They Had? Centering Students in Teacher Preparation - David Bwire, The College of New Jersey

• "I Appreciate Your Confusion as a Point of Discussion": Learning to Teach via Virtual Education Environments - Ravy S. Lao, California State University - Los Angeles; Christina Restrepo Nazar, California State University - Los Angeles

• Youth as Cultural Guides: Reimagining the Role of Teacher and Examining Learning Opportunities Through Discourse - Lilly Chung Lew, University of California - Santa Barbara

• Involvement Strategies of Design Instructors: Opportunities to Learn Through Imagination - Minseok Choi, The Ohio State University - Columbus

Discussant

• Judith L. Green, University of California - Santa Barbara