Leveraging Liminal Spaces in Counterhegemonic Education: Popular Education and Soka Education

• In Event: AERA Poster Session 8
  In Poster Session: Critical Educators for Social Justice Poster Session

Abstract

In an era when nationalism and neoliberal policies impact education, scholars must examine those liminal spaces where counter-hegemonic practices are challenging the educational status-quo while embedded within in it. This cross-cultural study examines schools in Brazil, Japan and the United States that apply principles of popular education or Soka education and their use of liminal spaces. Both popular education and Soka educational philosophies take an approach to education that seeks societal transformation through emancipatory education driven by counter-hegemonic pedagogies. This cross-cultural case study analysis of qualitative interviews from teachers, parents, administrators, and students across international contexts yields critical insights that can be useful for educators who are grappling with the repressive nature of contemporary education to perpetuate injustices and inequities.

Author

• Vicki G Mokuria, Stephen F. Austin State University