AERA Annual Meeting: From Classroom to Capitol: Critical Pedagogy and Praxis Under State Repression

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From Classroom to Capitol: Critical Pedagogy and Praxis Under State Repression

Sat, April 11, 7:45 to 9:15am PDT (7:45 to 9:15am PDT), Los Angeles Convention Center, Floor: Level Two, Room 301B

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This symposium explores the challenges and possibilities of critical pedagogy and youth-led advocacy in a climate where public education is increasingly shaped by political repression. While participatory civic education has been on the decline in K–12 education, today it is being actively criminalized through state legislation. As state actors reframe civic engagement as indoctrination, they assert control over what counts as democratic education, narrowing civic learning and reshaping schools in ways that discourage engaged pedagogy. Yet the demand for student and teacher voice has never been more urgent. Drawing from work, youth-led organizing, educator preparation programs, and policy advocates, this session foregrounds practices that cultivate critical consciousness and political agency, affirming the necessity of student and teacher advocacy.

Sub Unit

Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 4: Policies, Mattering, and Praxis

Chair

Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College

Papers

Session Organizer

Habiba Noor, Trinity University

Discussant

Maria Hantzopoulos, Vassar College