Building From At-Promise: Scholarship and Mentoring for Transformation
Abstract
This personal narrative focuses on the author’s journey from being a classroom teacher in the United States, dispirited by education policies focused on standardizing curricula, teaching, and diagnosing children’s academic weaknesses, to becoming a university faculty member in Aotearoa New Zealand. The narrative bridges lessons from her earlier professional life, with ones learned in her new cultural context. The tipping point was a meeting with Beth Blue Swadener, which led to engaging with critiques of the term at-risk, to the multilayered idea of at-promise, and eventually a scholarly career focused on children’s rights and voices.
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