AERA – American Educational Research Association

AERA – American Educational Research Association

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Kalwant Bhopal with Thandeka Chapman (University of California, San Diego) will be presenting a paper for the panel symposium on HONORING DERRICK BELL’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO TEACHER EDUCATION, RACE, POVERTY, AND LEADERSHIP. The title of Kalwant and Thandeka’s paper is,
‘Countering Common Sense Understandings of “Good Parenting:” Women of Color Advocating Policy Change for their Children’. The paper explores how mothers of colour play a key role as advocates of their children’s education in inner city schools in the UK and the USA.

Kalwant is also chair and discussant for the panel symposium, ‘Politics of difference in histories and current meanings of curriculum in schools, colleges, media and public institutions’.

She is also presenting a paper on her recent BME research, ‘BME academics in UK higher education: multiple identities and multiple careers’.