"This Ain't Beverly Hills": Uncovering Critical Pedagogies of Race and Place in South Central Los Angeles

• In Event: Critical Spatial: And Pedagogical Approaches to Race and Place

Abstract

This study examines how four teachers working at a South Central high school teach critically about race and place. While building on the “spatial turn” in social science, the article fills a gap in literature at the intersection of race, place, and pedagogy. Additionally, the article utilizes cognitive mapping to understand the teachers’ senses of place and then, through a combination of interviews, observations, and document analysis, examines how they integrate ideas of race and place into their teaching practices. Positing a “critical pedagogy of race and place,” the study concludes with implications for future research and teacher education practice.

Author

• Julio Ángel Alicea, Rutgers University - Camden