Pedagogical and Leadership Practices. A Mighty Love: Culture, Community, and Liberatory Practices Among Educators of Color

• In Event: AERA Teachers of Color Handbook Session 2

Abstract

Critically and culturally-informed Educators of Color (EOCs) have long-recognized the need for pedagogical and leadership practices rooted in and reflective of indigenous cultural frameworks (i.e., ways of perceiving, knowing, and acting). Across long centuries, such frameworks have challenged and sought to dismantle the status quo and have simultaneously championed and promoted ideologies and praxes developed by forebears and informed by rich legacies of educational excellence. This chapter examines three key aspects that inform and shape the identities, characters, mindsets, and dispositions of critically and culturally-informed EOCs. These three aspects manifest as philosophical, pedagogical, and leadership practices that: 1) invoke and activate cultural memory; 2) emphasize communal and holistic application; 3) are insurrectionist and liberatory.

Author

• Lasana D. Kazembe, Indiana University - IUPUI