Overview
How do we teach our students to communicate and plan and execute the change they desire in the world? NCSS defines Social Studies as the integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence. It is part of a well-rounded education that teaches critical thinking, speaking and listening skills, how to collaborate and to advocate. Join the Indiana Council for the Social Studies as we explore the ways we can prepare our students to be informed citizens of the world around them.
Location
Indiana Landmarks Center – Cook Theater
1201 Central Avenue Indianapolis, IN 46202
Date/Time
Date: February 24, 2023
Keynote Address
"Do you have anything to declare?: Explorations of migrant lives through passport photos" by Vivek Vellanki
Vivek Vellanki is an Assistant Professor in Counseling and Educational Psychology and Curriculum & Instruction at Indiana University. His scholarly and artistic works explore how photography is adopted as method, theory, and practice within the field of education. His most recent collaborative work, The Passport Photo Project, examines the contradictions between state-imposed restrictions on migrant identity and the plurality of their lives. He has worked with teachers and youth in India and the U.S. in exploring the role of the arts and the possibilities for envisioning the classroom as a site for exploration, play, and imagining socially just futures. Vivek was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society here at IU and earned his Ph.D. in Curriculum, Instruction, and Teacher Education from Michigan State University.