ARE-LA’s teacher inquiry group presents a talk on  developing a decolonizing pedagogy by UCSD professor of Ethnic Studies Dr. K. Wayne Yang WHEN: Saturday, February 25, 2012 TIME: 11a-1p *this event is for ARE members plus one guest Readings: 1. Huey Newton's "Freedom" (attached) 2. Sandy Grande's Red Pedagogy, Chapter 1, especially the section on "Critical Pedagogy and its Discontents" (attached) 3. La Paperson, "The post-colonial ghetto". Kind of long and not for the faint of heart. But if folks are interested in thinking about ghetto colonialism with respect to other colonialisms, and the role of education, they can download it here. http://escholarship.org/uc/item/3q91f9gv bio: Dr. Yang’s work transgresses the line between scholarship and community, as evidenced by his involvement in urban education and community organizing. He was the co-founder of the Avenues Project, a non-profit youth development organization, and also the co-founder of East Oakland Community High School. He also worked in school system reform as part of Oakland Unified School District’s Office of School Reform. An accomplished educator, Dr. Yang has taught high school in Oakland, California for over 15 years and received the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award in 2010. His research focuses on the role of youth popular culture and pedagogy in the emergence of social movements. He is currently writing a book, Organizing the Common Sense: Popular Culture and Urban School Reform, which examines strategies for organizing in education across three landscapes: youth, community, and bureaucracy. |
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ARE-LA’s teacher inquiry group presents Dr. K. Wayne Yangposted Feb 9, 2012 10:24 PM by Antonio Martinez [ updated Feb 25, 2012 9:53 PM ] |