Reimagining Spaces of Learning for Youth of Color: A Model of Emancipatory Pedagogy

• In Event: AERA Roundtable Session 15
  In Roundtable Session: Emancipatory Pedagogies: Engaging Justice, Power, and Teacher Identity

Abstract

This study postulates a model of emancipatory pedagogy that emerged through data collected on the ways that one alternative program in an urban-area sought to re-engage youth of color who had been pushed out of the school system. Data was collected through interviews, focus groups, and Youth Participatory Action Research. The model indicated the importance of creating a foundation for emancipatory pedagogies through staff spaces and conversations to understand implicit biases and teaching philosophies. This work should then be enhanced by building deep and supportive relationships with students and teaching in ways that uplift students’ cultures and promote critical consciousness. Key impacts of these pedagogies were found in racial, gender and academic identities.

Author

• Raquel Y Saenz Ortiz, Southwestern University