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Artefact: Version 1 + 2
INCLUSIVE PRACTICES UNIT: ARTEFACT VERSION 1 Eleni Papazoglou Context of Artefact As someone with an utterly western education, my contextual references are often of a western context. As a teaching team, we have had conversations on diversifying references. Some tutors do it automatically, others pay close attention to this (in different ways) and when planning is…
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Race
In Hahn Tapper’s essay ‘A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality’ (2013) opens with the following quotes: A teacher needs to create experiences with, and not for, students, integrating their experiences and voices into the educational experience itself (Freire 2006). Teachers’ and students’ identities are thus tied to one another in an…
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Glossary of terms
From Hahn Tapper’s essay ‘A pedagogy of social justice education: social identity, theory and intersectionality’ (2013) +++++++Social justice education: recognizes the disparities in societal opportunities, resources, and long-term outcomes among marginalized groups. No single meaning and use. Other terms: anti-oppression education, diversity education, and multicultural education Intercommunal dialogue: dialogue within a community, or amongst two or more communities …
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Reflecting on this unit so far
Having had a positive experience of the pgcert so far, I was looking forward to this unit. I also thought that living in a diverse house of 9 people that runs much like a co-op, where conversations around gender, race, sexuality, ability and class are prominent (and challenging) would have primed me to receive the…
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Faith
I grew up in Greece, which in the 90s was 90% Christian Orthodox, and in which communities with diverse spiritual practices were very closed. Often ceremonies took place in spaces that were rented or domestic. Moving to London expanded my understanding of the range of spiritual practices. I found the terms of reference from SoN…
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Disability
Cristine Sun KimI have been following the work of Christine Sun Kim for a long time. While taking the time to watch this video, I was thinking about the different textures of sound D/deaf people make, experience, enjoy and create. Why would one create certain sounds and what attracts them? Sun Kim mentions vibrations and…
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Critical Pedagogy: Positionality
Today I wrote my positionality statement after engaging with the suggested resources. The task became a moment of reflection upon my class, gender, race, ethnicity, ability, age and sexual orientation. I found it interesting not only to identify the parameters that shape my thinking, but to have to choose words to describe them and acknowledge…
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Inclusive Practices:Critical Pedagogy
Session 1 Pre-Task Please come to the first session prepared to discuss the following prompt questions: ● What are the central concerns of critical pedagogy?Teachers asking why / students asking the same question: why am I learning this -Examining content, methods and environments through which learning takes place as the first step to creating relevant and…