A blog post by Hikaru Ikeda
Both a framework and a process, antiracist pedagogy is a form of Disruptive Teaching located within Critical Theory. In a perpetual state of “becoming”, antiracist pedagogical practice is lifelong and ever-evolving. Ongoing critical self-reflection, integration of learning and an anti-racist framework are needed to examine the role educational systems and teaching practices play in furthering and entrenching racism, as well as their ability and responsibility to abolish it.
As defined in Kyoko Kishimoto’s (2018) article, “Anti-Racist Pedagogy: From Faculty’s Self-Reflection to Organizing Within and Beyond the Classroom,”
Anti-racist pedagogy is not about simply incorporating racial content into courses, curriculum, and discipline. It is also about how one teaches, even in courses where race is not the subject matter. It begins with the faculty’s awareness and self-reflection of their social position and leads to application of this analysis in their teaching, but also in their discipline, research, and departmental, university, and community work. In other words, anti-racist pedagogy is an organizing effort for institutional and social change that is much broader than teaching in the classroom. (p. 540)
The Education Library recently hosted Our Stories: A Living Library of Antiracist Pedagogy. The event’s goal was to foster space for intimate learning exchanges around lived experiences of race and (anti)racism in pedagogical contexts.
A display of selected Anti-Racist Pedagogy books at the Education Library
Selected Books
Books to compliment the learning generated through the Living Library were on display at the Education Library. These resources may also be used to support theoretical learning and steps toward implementing and furthering antiracist pedagogy for Education Department faculty, students, teacher candidates and all who are interested.
The books cover a range of audiences and topics, including children’s and young adult literature, resources to inform professional practice in K-12 and higher education settings and teacher guides.
Click here to view a list of antiracist pedagogy resources available at the Education Library!
Resource Spotlight
Textured teaching: a framework for culturally sustaining practices / Lorena Escoto Germán.
LC1099.515.C85 G47 2021
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=11944467
“Be prepared to be embraced with words, images, stories, examples, experiences, and a love for teaching in community with young people toward social and cultural justice.”—Django Paris
With Culturally Sustaining Practice as its foundation, Textured Teaching helps secondary teachers in any school setting stop wondering and guessing how to implement teaching and learning that leads to social justice. Lorena shares her framework for creating a classroom environment that is highly rigorous and engaging, and that reflects the core traits of Textured Teaching: student-driven, community centered, interdisciplinary, experiential, and flexible. Throughout the book, Lorena shares lesson design strategies that build traditional literacy skills while supporting students in developing their social justice skills at the same time. The actionable strategies Lorena uses to bring Textured Teaching values to life illuminate what is possible when we welcome all types of texts, all types of voices, and all forms of expression into the classroom.
White double-consciousness: a critical analysis of discourse in teacher education / Kenneth P. Sider.
LB1707 .S57 2019
http://resolve.library.ubc.ca/cgi-bin/catsearch?bid=9915342
The complicated relationship between preservice teachers, teacher education instructional practices, and White privilege is examined in this phenomenological study, suggesting that a sense of self and pedagogical wholeness are needed for preservice teachers to become capable educators who will provide the appropriate environment and support their students will need.
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Finding further materials in the UBC Catalogue
Try these basic strategies to begin your research in the UBC Library Catalogue.
Keyword Searches
Combine keywords relating to concepts of racial justice AND keywords about pedagogy. For example:
- Race, Racial
- Antiracism, Racism
- Justice
- Equity
- Whiteness
AND
- Pedagogy
- Teaching
- Education
- “Primary school”, “Secondary School”, “Higher Education”
Helpful Hints for Keyword Searches:
Use quotation marks to search for a specific phrase.
- Example: “Antiracist Pedagogy”, “Critical pedagogy”, “Critical whiteness studies”, “Racial justice”
Use a question mark to search for all words with the same stem.
- Example: Raci? retrieves results for Racial, Racism, Racialization, etc.
Subject Headings
Designed to help researchers find similar materials, subject headings are a tool indicating what a resource’s content is about. When you find a resource in the catalogue that supports your research, take some time to explore the subject headings listed in its catalogue record to find works with similar subject areas.
Some recommended subject headings:
Browse Catalogue > Subject begins with
Critical pedagogy.
Indigenous peoples–Education.
Racism in education.
Social justice and education.
References
Kishimoto, K. (2018). Anti-racist pedagogy: From faculty’s self-reflection to organizing within
and beyond the classroom. Race Ethnicity and Education, 21(4), 540-554.