A pedagogy for liberation: Dialogues on transforming education

Author(s): Shor, I. Freire, P.
Date: 1987
Publication: Greenwood Publishing Group
Citation: Shor, I., & Freire, P. (1987). A pedagogy for liberation: Dialogues on transforming education. Greenwood Publishing Group.
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Google Books) Two world renowned educators, Paulo Freire and Ira Shor, speak passionately about the role of education in various cultural and political arenas. They demonstrate the effectiveness of dialogue in action as a practical means by which teachers and students can become active participants in the learning process. In a lively exchange, the authors illuminate the problems of the educational system in relation to those of the larger society and argue for the pressing need to transform the classroom in both Third and First World contexts. Shor and Freire illustrate the possibilities of transformation by describing their own experiences in liberating the classroom from its traditional constraints. They demonstrate how vital the teacher’s role is in empowering students to think critically about themselves and their relation, not only to the classroom, but to society. For those readers seeking a liberatory approach to education, these dialogues will be a revelation and a unique summary. For all those convinced of the need for transformation, this book shows the way.

 

Imagining and enacting liberatory pedagogical praxis in a politically divisive era

Author(s): Wilson, C. M. Hanna, M. O. Li, M.
Date: 2019
Publication: Equity & Excellence in Education
Citation: Wilson, C. M., Hanna, M. O., & Li, M. (2019). Imagining and enacting liberatory pedagogical praxis in a politically divisive era. Equity & Excellence in Education, 52(2–3), 346–363. https://doi.org/10.1080/10665684.2019.1656563
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) In this essay, the authors challenge the myth of political neutrality in teaching and emphasize the urgent need for teachers to imagine and enact liberatory pedagogical praxis that sensitively responds to the nation’s divisive political climate. They point to U.S. political shifts and changing federal policies in education as catalysts for the social and cultural exclusion of vulnerable children of color. They suggest how teacher educators and in-service teachers can use media sources that reveal how children experience and navigate increasingly xenophobic and polarizing political climates as critical texts. Critical pedagogy and civic education scholarship offer frames to further explain how such texts serve to enhance students’ learning, sense of belonging, and their ability to contribute to a democratic and just society. The authors conclude with strategies for supporting teachers’ development and advocacy.

 

Racially liberatory pedagogy: A Black Lives Matter approach to education

Author(s): Castillo-Montoya, M. Abreu, J. Abad, A.
Date: 2021
Publication: Black Liberation in Higher Education
Citation: Castillo-Montoya, M., Abreu, J., & Abad, A. (2021). Racially liberatory pedagogy: A Black Lives Matter approach to education. In Black Liberation in Higher Education (pp. 59–79).
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: In this chapter of Black Liberation in Higher Education, the authors use a focus on the Black Lives Matter (#BLM) movement to discuss racially liberating frameworks for education. #BLM has brought change to institutions by forcing changemakers to recognize and combat anti-Blackness. The material in this book is designed to assist researchers, instructors, institutional leaders, and policy-makers in supporting Black affiliates of educational institutions.

 

Toward defining and integrating multicultural and feminist pedagogies

Author(s): Enns, C. Z. Forrest, L. M.
Date: 2005
Publication: American Psychological Association
Citation: Enns, C. Z., & Forrest, L. M. (2005). Toward defining and integrating multicultural and feminist pedagogies. In Teaching and social justice: Integrating multicultural and feminist theories in the classroom (1st ed.). American Psychological Association.
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Summary) Teaching and Social Justice provides psychologists and educators with a foundation to create their own multicultural feminist pedagogy. The volume challenges them with self reflection and thought-provoking questions such as: How does one’s multicultural or feminist theoretical orientation influence how one teaches social justice? How does this influence the manner in which one teaches about diversity issues? How might one’s theoretical position influence the organization and structure of the classroom, the interventions used, or classroom dynamics and learning?

 

Post-critical pedagogies: A feminist reading

Author(s): Lather, P.
Date: 2014
Publication: Routledge
Citation: Lather, P. (2014). Post-critical pedagogies: A feminist reading. In Feminisms and Critical Pedagogy (pp. 120–137). Routledge.
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) Feminisms and Critical Pedagogy centres around the theoretical effort to construct a feminist pedagogy which will democratize gender relations in the classroom, and practical ways to implement a truly feminist pedagogy.

 

Toward a richer theory of feminist pedagogy: A comparison of “liberation” and “gender” models for teaching and learning

Author(s): Maher, F. A.
Date: 1987
Publication: The Journal of Education
Citation: Maher, F. A. (1987). Toward a richer theory of feminist pedagogy: A comparison of “liberation” and “gender” models for teaching and learning. The Journal of Education, 169(3), 91–100. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42741791
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) This essay articulates two distinct sources for the set of teaching practices that have come to be called “feminist pedagogy.” The separate contributions of liberation pedagogy and of feminist theories of women’s development are described. It is argued that neither approach taken by itself is adequate to produce a feminist pedagogy that fully challenges the androcentric universals of conventional teaching practices. By synthesizing the two approaches, however, feminist pedagogy can be developed in a way that will have a strong influence on contemporary education.

 

Emancipatory pedagogy in practice: Aims, principles and curriculum orientation.

Author(s): Nouri, A. Sajjadi, S. M.
Date: 2014
Publication: The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy
Citation: Nouri, A., & Sajjadi, S. M. (2014). Emancipatory pedagogy in practice: Aims, principles and curriculum orientation. The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 5(2). https://libjournal.uncg.edu/ijcp/article/view/228
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) This study was conducted to develop a practical framework for applying the theory of emancipatory or liberatory pedagogy in educational policy and practice. For this purpose, after a brief review on the evolutionary process of emancipatory pedagogy in education, the theoretical literature that explicates, describes, and discusses emancipatory pedagogy was reviewed and some important aspects related to practice, such as its practical possibility, educational aims, principles, and its orientation to curriculum was deducted. Based on the literature review, Emancipatory approach to education that heavily represented in the works of Paulo Freire, Ira Shore, Henry Giroux and Peter McLaren, is an innovative approach in education which has been successful in practice. Emancipatory pedagogy is founded on the notion that education should play a role in creating a just and democratic society. The main educational aims of this approach are manifestation of humanization, critical conscientization, and establishing a problem-posing education system. Emancipatory pedagogy has its main function the revelation of tacit values that underlie the enterprise and empowering students and teachers through overthrow the barriers between teachers and students, and invite them to critically analyze the political and social issues as well as the consequences of social inequity. This requires a negotiated curriculum based on true dialogue that values social interaction, collaboration, authentic democracy, and self-actualization towards making fundamental changes both individually and socially.

 

Practicing liberatory pedagogy: Women of color in college classrooms

Author(s): Rodriguez, D. Boahene, A. O. Gonzales-Howell, N. Anesi, J.
Date: 2012
Publication: Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies
Citation: Rodriguez, D., Boahene, A. O., Gonzales-Howell, N., & Anesi, J. (2012). Practicing liberatory pedagogy: Women of color in college classrooms. Cultural Studies ↔ Critical Methodologies, 12(2), 96–108. https://doi.org/10.1177/1532708611435211
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) Following the works of Patricia Williams, bell hooks, and other feminist scholars of color, we address what it means for women of color teaching social justice issues in predominantly white classrooms. Very little research has been done to illuminate the challenges women of color face in classrooms and what this means for liberatory practice. We grapples with the question, “What are the particular experiences of women of color from various racial and ethnic backgrounds with white student resistance, specifically in relation to issues of authority?” We also provide recommendations for classroom practice as well as address policy recommendations to structurally support women of color.

 

“I’ve never heard of the word pedagogy before”: Using liberatory pedagogy to forge hope for teachers in our nation’s public schools.

Author(s): Rodríguez, L. F.
Date: 2008
Publication: InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies
Citation: Rodríguez, L. F. (2008). “I’ve never heard of the word pedagogy before”: Using liberatory pedagogy to forge hope for teachers in our nation’s public schools. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies, 4(2). https://doi.org/10.5070/D442000627
Section on webpage: Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets: Considering alternative histories and narratives. Examining how gender, intersecting with other social categories, structures our lives, learning, and knowledge production, access to resources and information. Honoring diversity and lived experiences through intersectional approaches.
Annotation: (Abstract) This paper describes an initiative that engages urban high school students, pre-service teachers, and university professors in liberatory practice. Rooted in Freirian pedagogy and using Participatory Action Research as a methodological tool, this initiative aims to provide opportunities for democratic engagement of all parties by forging dialogue, modeling liberatory pedagogy, and raising the critical consciousness of future teachers, particularly those committed to serving low-income children of color in our nation’s public schools. Implications for teacher development and partnerships between universities and K-12 schools are considered.