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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 21
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Confronting Partial Knowledge through a Pedagogy of Discomfort: Notes on Anti-Oppressive Teaching
Michael Cappello; Claire Kreuger
in education, v28 n1a p39-59 Aut 2022
Wrestling with issues of racism and colonization in the classroom requires significant nuance from dominantly positioned educators. In this article, we weave together a narrative unpacking of an uncomfortable experience in a graduate level class with an exploration of relevant theoretical literature. Our reflection on practice takes up the possibilities for anti-oppressive education to engage with the partial knowledge of educators and students. Ultimately, engaging in a pedagogy of discomfort is necessary to unsettle dominantly positioned educators and students and enable a move towards bearing witness to the unequal realities of Canadian society. In order to begin to enter more deeply into relationships of accountability between non-Indigenous and Indigenous peoples, teaching moments such as these are inevitable, if not required.
Descriptors: Racism, Social Justice, Colonialism, Knowledge Level, Graduate School Faculty, Graduate Students, Foreign Countries, Canada Natives, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Trauma, Teaching Methods, Culturally Relevant Education
University of Regina, Faculty of Education. Education Building, 3737 Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK S4S 0A2. e-mail: editor@ineducation.ca; Web site: https://journals.uregina.ca/ineducation/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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