Participatory Practices and Pedagogies: Reimagining the Curriculum for Communities of Learning

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session highlights how community partners, K-12 educators and students invest in four critical service-learning projects that explore power, difference, space, and place. The projects collectively attempt to reposition young people as active citizens committed to equity, access, and social justice. This session, which is designed around the concept of humanizing and participatory pedagogies (Kinloch & San Pedro, 2013), will include artifacts from the projects as presenters discuss humanization, participation, and learning by asking: How might humanizing pedagogies impact the learning and participation of urban students? How might learning and participation influence the identities of students, researchers, and teachers? How might learning and participation help us reimagine English and English education for K-12 learners?

Sub Unit

• SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice

Chair

• David Bwire, The Ohio State University

Papers

• “I Always Try to Make a Change”: Transformative Partnerships Between Schools and Communities - Emily Annette Nemeth, Denison University

• Embracing Learning Beyond the Classroom by Claiming Power Within It - Ashley N. Patterson, The Pennsylvania State University

• “It’s Bigger Than Us ... We Can Only Take on Certain Small Pieces”: Democratic Engagements and Youth Decision Making in Social Justice Projects - Tamara T. Butler, Michigan State University

Discussant

• Valerie Kinloch, The Ohio State University