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Celebrating Scholarship: Thirty-Four Faculty of Education Researchers Present at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Conference 2022

April 21, 2022

Thirty-four Faculty of Education scholars (faculty, graduate students and postdocs) will present at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual conference, to be held online and in-person from April 22 to 25, 2022. The 34 FoE researchers will present 16 papers, six posters, six roundtables, two SIG meetings, and one journal talk, for a total of 31 sessions.

Paper Sessions

  • Activating Artful Journeys With Things: Walking-With Object Itineraries as Sensual A/r/tography
    Anita Sinner, Concordia University; Rita L. Irwin, The University of British Columbia; Ching-Chiu Lin, Simon Fraser University
  • Critical Literacy and Additional Language Learning: An Expansive View of Translanguaging for Change-Enhancing Possibilities
    Sunny Man Chu Lau, Bishop's University; Zhongfeng Tian, The University of Texas at San Antonio; Angel Mei Yi Lin, Simon Fraser University
  • Contemplative Practices and Antiracist Pedagogy: Navigating Resiliency
    Karen Ragoonaden, The University of British Columbia; Heesoon Bai, Simon Fraser University; Oren Ergas, Beit Berl College and Hebrew University; Leslie P Shayer, UBC Okanagan
  • Discursive Constructions of Femininities in Farsi-Language Textbooks in Iran: A Critical Multimodal Analysis
    Aylar Adeh, Simon Fraser University
  • Education Students' Perceived Engagement in Reflective Learning 
    Addisu Leyew Bailie & Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University
  • Health and Life Skills Education: Results of a Global Fact-Finding Survey and Document Review
    Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University; Doug McCall, International AcSchool Health Network
  • Immersive Virtual Reality as a Change Agent in Language Learning
    Quincy Wang & Ching-Chiu Lin, Simon Fraser University; Paula MacDowell, University of Saskatchewan
  • "It's Hard to Take School Seriously When It's Not Taken Seriously at Home": Dismantling Pathologizing Stories About Families
    Inna Stepaniuk, Simon Fraser University
  • Navigating Online Spaces in Literacy Methods Courses: Teacher Educators' Complex Understandings and Enactments of Critical Digital Literacies
    Pooja Dharamshi & Amrit Kaur Cojocaru, Simon Fraser University
  • Relational Accountability in Education Change Networks Through Local Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Being
    Leyton Schnellert, The University of British Columbia; Sara Florence Davidson, Simon Fraser University; Bonny-Lynn Donovan, UBC-Okanagan
  • School Readiness of Participants in the Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters Program (HIPPY): Associations With Sociodemographic and Parenting Factors
    Camilla Enns & Lucy Lemare, Simon Fraser University
  • Structural and Institutional Racism in Schools
    Özlem Sensoy, Simon Fraser University
  • Teaching Research Methods: Assessing the State of the Field of Research
    Meaghan Dougherty, Douglas College; Rebecca D. Cox & Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University
  • Transversality Hub: Toward a New Mode of Learning for Community Arts Education Practice
    Ching-Chiu Lin, Simon Fraser University; Anita Sinner, Concordia University; Rita L. Irwin, The University of British Columbia
  • "Two-Eyed Seeing": What Can Self-Study Research Learn From Indigenous Knowing?
    Awneet Sivia, University of the Fraser Valley; Mele Kau'i Keliipio, Cher Michelle Hill, Vicki Lynn Kelly & Paula Anne Rosehart, Simon Fraser University
  • Understanding Undergraduates' Modality Selection Post-COVID: What Will Students Want?
    Laura M. D'Amico & Kevin D O'Neill, Simon Fraser University
  • Curriculum and Policy Reform From a Worldwide Perspective
    Chair: Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University
  • Multimodality and Translanguaging: Critical Perspectives
    Chair: Pedro L dos Santos, Simon Fraser University
  • Effective Learning Environment: Contemporary Insights for Assessments and Strategies to Support Effective Teaching
    Discussant: David B. Zandvliet, Simon Fraser University

Poster Sessions

  • Learning Design and Integration of Technology for Emergency Remote Teaching
    Alexis Carr & Engida Hailye Gebre, Simon Fraser University
  • Understanding Immigrant Seniors' Experiences During the Pandemic Through Arts-Based Action Research
    Sarita Baker & Ching-Chiu Lin, Simon Fraser University
  • Facilitating the Comprehension of Academic Content in the TOEFL iBT Test Preparation Classroom
    Qinghua Chen, Simon Fraser University
  • Multimodality, Language, and Race: The Academic Trajectories of Latin American International Students in Canadian Higher Education
    Pedro L dos Santos, Simon Fraser University
  • Eliciting Middle Schoolers' Repertoire of Science Ideas and Determining Multiple Learning Paths
    Teeba Obaid, Simon Fraser University; Hosein Aghajani; Marcia Linn, University of California – Berkeley
  • Effects of Using a Study Diary on Learners' Motivational Profiles and Metacognition
    Zahia Marzouk, Kwantlen Polytechnic University; Mladen Rakovic, Monash University, Australia; Philip H. Winne, Simon Fraser University

Roundtable Sessions

  • Reclaiming the "Excessive Body" as a Vehicle for Change
    Carolina Bergonzoni, Simon Fraser University          
  • Negotiating Race-Conscious Pedagogies Into Teacher Education Courses: Exploring the Lives and Practices of Literacy Teacher Educators
    Pooja Dharamshi, Simon Fraser University; Clare Kosnik, University of Toronto/OISE; Lydia Menna, University of Alberta
  • Learning Places: Action Research on Blended Learning Environments During COVID 
    David B. Zandvliet, Simon Fraser University
  • The Dark Side of Mindfulness in Education
    Muga Miyakawa, Simon Fraser University
  • Growing Leadership Imagination With Cognitive Tools: A Focus on Equity
    Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University
  • Discussing the Use of Research Across Fields
    Discussant: Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University

SIG Business Meetings

  • Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies SIG Business Meeting
    Panelist: Nathalie Sinclair, Simon Fraser University
  • Research Use SIG Business Meeting
    Officer: Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University

Journal Talk

  • International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership
    Daniel A. Laitsch, Simon Fraser University; Elizabeth N. Farley-Ripple, University of Delaware