Social Protest as a Liberating Pedagogy of Praxis

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Abstract

Grounded in Liberating Pedagogy of Praxis, this study foregrounds the voices of five undocumented and first-generation Latina youth in Iowa to illuminate social protests as Liberating Pedagogy of Praxis. Results reveal the pedagogical potential of social protest as an educational approach where: (a) Latina youth speak up and share their ideas which dismantles the silence that restricts their voices and right to promote social change, (b) Latina youth co-construct knowledge which promotes collective action by their family and community, and (c) Latina youth develop their critical consciousness through praxis.

Authors

• Carlos R. Casanova, Arizona State University
  Presenting Author

• Julia Silver
  Presenting Author

• Ashley D. Domínguez, University of Arizona
  Presenting Author