Week 5
The Purpose of Education — Queering the “Cannon"
Mon., Sept. 25
hooks, b. (1994). Teaching to transgress : Education as the practice of freedom. Routledge.
Read Introduction and Chapters 1-3.
Total Pages Assigned: 44
In-Class Writing Assignment
According to hooks, what is "engaged pedagogy"? What would engaged pedagogy look like in practice? How does engaged pedagogy compare to the other pedagogical theories we have encountered in class? Place hooks in conversation with Mann, Dewey, and Freire. To hooks, what is the purpose of education? To what extent do you agree or disagree?
An Open Repository of Class Notes
Graphic Organizer III.pdfGraphic Organizer II.pdfGraphic Organizer I.pdfWed., Sept. 27
***CONTENT WARNING: This text explores pain and suffering that has taken place at the hands of the state. There is mention of gun violence, deliberate murder and incarceration of Indigenous, Black, and Latinx people, systematic harm inflicted on individuals with disabilities, and other atrocities perpetrated inside and outside of schools in the U.S. Please take care while reading and let me know if you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions as to how we engage with this piece.
Love, B. (2019). We want to do more than survive: Abolitionist teaching and the pursuit of educational freedom. Beacon Press.
Read Chapters 1-2. Available online through Vassar library.
Total Pages Assigned: 41
In-Class Centers:
Reading Station: Catch-up on any readings you missed. Get ahead for next week. Choose your own adventure with one of the shared texts.
Discussion Station: Review the graphic organizer with Melanie and peers.
Reflective Writing Station: Write about anything you want. Suggested prompt related to the reading: Bettina Love argues that U.S. schools are currently sites of survival for Black and Brown children. How do you think schools can become spaces in which all students thrive? What does it mean for all students to thrive?
Audio/Visual Station: Watch curated video clips related to the reading.
***CONTENT WARNING: Please take care when watching these videos.***
Educational Survival Complex / Schools as Sites of Dark Suffering
Tools for Abolitionist Teaching / Schools as Sites of Educational Freedom
!!! Bettina Love is *LIVE* on Zoom on Wednesday, September 27th at 8pm. !!!