On April 11, 2026, Dilara Kara-Zorluoglu and Debika Jana (both Teaching and Learning) presented “Scripted to Teach: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Scripted Curricula in Science Education” in a paper session on Centering Other Epistemologies in Critical Curriculum Studies at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) 2026 Annual Meeting in Los Angeles.
The paper was conducted under the supervision of Katherine Wade-Jaimes, Ph.D., (Teaching and Learning) and co-authored with Adrianne Dizon, Ambreen Islam, Sameul Hoque Fahad, Chike Elue, Burak Sahin (all Teaching and Learning). This study investigates two scripted curricula in science education in terms of equity as transformation with content and discourse analysis.
