The Nexus of Pedagogical Engagement in Teaching From a Social Class Position: Critical Compassion, Cariño, Respeto, and Confianza

• In Event: Relationality, Engagement, and Asset-Based Pedagogies

Abstract

This paper explores how high school teachers view their students in relation to social class backgrounds and ability to engage with pedagogy and curriculum within their schooling experience. This case study addresses teacher to student engagement, observing how social class affects teacher to student engagement through a reproduction of consciousness within the structure of schooling experience. Often, teachers from the majority group struggle to create constructive dialogues with students from diverse backgrounds. This is often embedded in their social class position that creates defensiveness on their part when confronting issues around race and class.

Author

• Jesus Jaime-Diaz, The University of Arizona