Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Pedagogy of Humanization: Preparing Teachers for Culturally Sustaining Classrooms

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Teacher educators of mathematics, literature, science, and social studies are guided by a critical multicultural educator to actualize theoretical and intersectional applications of asset-based pedagogies in their respective fields. Each panelist will address how to maintain academic rigor, cultural competence, and critical consciousness while preparing pre- and in-service teachers to effectively teach their subject matter. Using Funds of Knowledge as the cultural bridge for learning and teaching, panelists will demonstrate how the intersectional identities, cultural practices, and communities of historically excluded groups can be recognized, explored, challenged, and strengthened. Panelists will model the vulnerability necessary to enact humanization of self and of the student.

Sub Unit

• Division K - Teaching and Teacher Education / Division K - Section 01: Intersectional Approaches to Teaching and Teacher Education

Chair

• Chelda Smith Kondo, University of St. Thomas

Papers

• Humanizing Elementary Social Studies Through Collaborative Self-Study - Ariel Cornett, Georgia Southern University; Erin Piedmont, Georgia Southern University

• Developing Mathematical Identities and Critical Consciousness Through Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Mathematics Education: A Self-Study - Alesia Mickle Moldavan, Georgia Southern University

• “Earning My Identity”: A Individual Self-Study in the Teaching of Elementary Science Methods - Katie Brkich, Georgia Southern University

• Once Upon a Time: Narrative Critical Reflections Unlocking Critical Dispositions Within Literacy Method Courses - Kara M. Taylor, Indiana University - Purdue University at Indianapolis