Critical Pedagogy and Course Design Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program Dr. Anna Plemons

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every dimension of human life.” 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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5/8/2019 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 Template-WSU Hrz black

5/8/2019 If you are interested in decolonial classroom work, course design is a great place to start. - Readings - Assignments - Feedback structures Template-WSU Hrz black

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.)?