Critical Pedagogy and Course Design Critical Literacies Achievement
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Critical Pedagogy and Course Design Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program Dr. Anna Plemons
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To what extend does the design of our courses contribute to “an order of normative reason that extends a specific formulation of economic values, practices, and metrics to every dimension of human life. ” --Wendy Brown, Undoing the Demos: Neoliberalism’s Stealth Revolution
Decoloniality & Critical Pedagogy Decolonial theory allows scholars to consider how the “effects and complicities of historical and contemporary colonialism” influence: Research and educational institutions Theories Methodologies Methods** Scholarship Everyday embodied practices** Haas (2015)
A host of scholars study Indigenous, decolonial options in academic design: • Maracle (1990) • Hampton (1995) • Atkinson (2001) • Weber-Pillwax (1999) • Mihesuah and Wilson (2004) • Wilson (2008) • Tuhiwai Smith (2012) • Haas (2007, 2012) • Arola (2013)
Research as Ceremony Shawn Wilson (2008) Wilson calls for research methodologies “whose purpose is the strengthening of relationships and/or the bridging of distance. ”
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We can’t wait to speak until we are perfectly clear and righteous. There is no purity and, in our lifetime, no end to this process. --Adrienne Rich, Contradictions
If you are interested in decolonial classroom work, course design is a great place to start. - Readings - Assignments - Feedback structures
Respect Relationality Reciprocity
Example: Asking students, “Does that make sense? ”
Respect Relationality Reciprocity
Questions for Small Groups • As we think about course design, how can we prepare to identify colonial aspects of our course design? • What examples have we seen of decolonial course design (readings, assignment sequences, feedback practices, etc. )?
- Critical semi critical and non critical instruments
- Principle of sterilization
- Georgia teacher academy for preparation and pedagogy
- Definition of sport pedagogy
- Advanced pedagogy and application of ict
- Epistemology and pedagogy
- Course number and title
- Techno pedagogy
- Public pedagogy definition
- Andragogy vs pedagogy
- Pedagoghy
- Example of equity pedagogy
- What is gender responsive pedagogy
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