Critical Pedagogy in Online Environments: A Qualitative Analysis of the Voices of Educational Leadership Candidates

• In Event: Creating Socially Just Learning Environments Through Educational Leadership Programs

Abstract

Faculty in leadership preparatory programs possess unprecedented opportunities to incorporate advanced technologies, including the expansion of online classes and the use of online discussion forums. Within online environments the concepts of critical pedagogy are clearer and more connected to the landscape of digital information providing opportunities to focus on local regimes of truth with individuals constructing new knowledge forms. This paper utilizes qualitative methods to examine the voices of 14 candidates in a principal preparation program who engaged in online discussion related to leadership for social justice and cultural proficiency among educators within an online class. Pedagogy in online environments must help new school leaders transform their thinking about issues that affect their lives as well as their school communities.

Authors

• Jennifer Ingrid Friend, University of Missouri - Kansas City

• Loyce E. Caruthers, University of Missouri - Kansas City