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Book SynopsisAdvancing Critical Pedagogy and Praxis Across Educational Settings is both an inquiry and response of gratitude to the work of critical scholars, educators, practitioners, and researchers who honor the complex realities of partnerships between school communities and institutions of higher education. This volume centers the voices of those who explore across time and in between spaces to illuminate synergistic approaches, pathways to new ideas and consciousness, relationships of mutual respect, and human-centered perspectives. This collective of narratives reveals the power of local schools and communities partnering with universities and organizations to disrupt inequitable social processes. The authors interrogate the creation and permeation of boundaries to understand interconnectivity of educational practices, community, and the impact of social contexts.
Table of ContentsForeword Elizabeth R. Drame List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction: A Conscious Exploration of Mattering in Collaborations across Educational Settings Leanne M. Evans, Kelly R. Allen and Crystasany R. Turner PART 1: Cultivating Relationships with Youth, Families, and Communities 1 Reflections on Advancing Critical Collaborative Work across Educational Settings Leanne M. Evans, Kelly R. Allen and Crystasany R. Turner 2 “You’re Not Just Here to Tell Me What to Do?”: A Study in Standing Under Jennie Baumann 3 Let’s Take the Book off the Shelf: Using the StoryWalk® Method in Early Childhood Spaces Samina Hadi-Tabassum and Nerissa Kuebrich 4 Slowly Lighting Fires: The Impact of Community School Partnerships Leanne M. Evans PART 2: Educator Voices 5 Co-designing a Justice-Centered STEM Teacher Professional Learning Project Cory Buxton, Karla Hale, Jay Well, Diana Crespo Camacho, Barbara Ettenauer and Felisha Dake 6 “The Fact Is, This Was My Life”: Black Educators’ Privileging of Experiential Knowledge in School-University Partnerships Kelly R. Allen 7 Preservice Teachers Honoring Emergent Bilingual Students: Creating and Enacting Equity-Oriented Science and Engineering Activities in Elementary Grades Max Vazquez Dominguez, Romola Bernard, Sheri Hardee, Lorraine Ramirez Villarin and Winnie Namatovu 8 Advancing Critical Praxis through Action Research Luisiana Meléndez PART 3: Navigating and Re-imagining Systems and Structures 9 Navigating and Re-imagining Systems and Structures Andrea Emerson and Ya-Fang Cheng 10 “I Heard a Teacher Say…”: Navigating, Interrupting, and Responding to Microaggressions in PreK-12 Classroom Ashley Taylor Jaffee, Kara M. Kavanagh, Emma S. Thacker, Mira C. Williams and Joi D. Merritt 11 Working within, against, and beyond the Systems That Uphold Kindergarten Readiness: Centering Families’ Aspirations in the Transition to School Katie A. Mathew, Vera J. Lee, Andrea R. DiMola and Cory D. Johnson 12 Toward Trusting Partnerships between Black Women Childcare Providers and Early Childhood Education Regulatory Agencies Crystasany R. Turner and Michele Turner PART 4: Reflecting on Collaboration 13 “I’m Glad It’s Us”: Reflections on a Teacher Professional Development Experience Designed by Women of Color Van Anh Tran, Kristen Jackson, Nikita Patel and Lauren Beal 14 Bringing the Outside In: Leveraging Higher Education Resources to Support Diversity Instruction in Remote and Rural Schools Robert D. Mitchell 15 There Is No Neutrality Crystasany R. Turner A Closing Reflection: Rest as Resistance in Critical Equity-Oriented Work Tara Kirton, Crystasany R. Turner and Kelly R. Allen Index
