AT107 Curriculum Controversies Class 6 Janice E. Jackson, Ed.D.

AGENDA Housekeeping Building a Community of Learners Source of My Power Questions from last week The Political Perspective Critical Pedagogy Feminist Theory Critical Race Theory

Source of My Power 1. Spend a few minutes writing and/or drawing about your current notion of your own power. Use the ideas on the hand-out to prompt your thinking. 2. Invitation to share in large group.

Political Perspective Politics The totality of the interrelationships in a particular area of life involving power, authority, or influence, and capable of manipulation

Political Perspective What would you tell high school students about Anyon’s ideas?

Critical Pedagogy Critical pedagogy teaches us to name, reflect critically, and to act. (p.17) Critical pedagogy forces educators to look again at the fundamental issues of power and its relationship to the greater societal forces that affect schools. (p.25) -Joan Wink Critical Pedagogy: Notes from the Real World

Critical Pedagogy Brookfield-Text-based discussion What Assumptions does the author of the text hold? What do you Agree with in the text? What do you want to Argue with in the text? What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to?

Critical Pedagogy Jigsaw Text-based discussion (Bartlett, Darder, Freire) What Assumptions does the author of the text hold? What do you Agree with in the text? What do you want to Argue with in the text? What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to?

Feminist Pedagogy Text-based discussion (Ellsworth, Joyappa, Lather ) What Assumptions does the author of the text hold? What do you Agree with in the text? What do you want to Argue with in the text? What parts of the text do you want to Aspire to? What do these authors add to the conversation about critical pedagogy?

What does all of this mean for teaching and learning in schools?