(Re)Imagining a Liberatory Pedagogy

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium highlights the work of radical educators seeking to reinvent and reimagine education within various contexts using the theories and methodologies of Paulo Freire. As Freire provided a framework for educators to conceptualize and enact humanizing pedagogies in their work, the papers within this session explore contemporary interpretations that reinvent Freire’s work. All four papers seek to answer questions related to Freire’s problem-posing approach including: What does it mean to work alongside youth in their quest for liberation? What role do educators play in facilitating the investigation of lived realities? How can education, rooted in praxis, facilitate love, care, and freedom?

Sub Unit

• SIG-Paulo Freire

Chair

• Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University

Papers

• The Six Pillars of Teaching and Learning: Embodying Freirian Pedagogies in a Postsecondary Context - Asif Wilson, Harold Washington College

• Service-Learning as a Political Act in Education - Kortney Hernandez, California State University - Los Angeles

• Critical Ethnic Studies: Freire in a Chicanx/Latinx High School Classroom - Jorge Lopez, Claremont Graduate University

• A Praxis of Love: Learning With Students - Emily Bautista, Loyola Marymount University

Discussant

• Antonia Darder, Loyola Marymount University