30.026 - Challenging Dominant Ways of Learning in the Classroom Through Chicanx Studies Pedagogies

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Through an interdisciplinary approach, this symposia presents three perspectives on using Chicanx Studies pedagogies in the classroom as a way to challenge dominant ways of learning. Chicanx children’s and young adult literature, transformative critical media literacy, and the Chicanx Studies classroom as a politicized site of learning provide an opportunity to discuss the various oppressions that Chicanx/Latinx students face in the classroom and how Chicanx Studies pedagogies empower students to decolonize their education. The constant threat on Chicanx Studies, undocumented students, and bilingual education make clear that classrooms remain unsafe spaces for Chicanxs/Latinxs. Therefore, this presentation centers the experiences of Chicanx/Latinx students in order to demonstrate how alternative pedagogies give voice to students, thus inching us closer toward equal educational opportunity.

Sub Unit

• Division B - Curriculum Studies / Division B - Section 1: Culture and Commentary (The Readings/Makings of Curriculum)

Chair

• Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, LaGuardia Community College

Papers

• Transformative Critical Media Literacy for Latina Teens - Renee Lemus Elisaldez, Los Angeles Community College District

• Implementing Decolonial Methodological Tools in the Chicanx Studies Classroom - Monica Hernandez, Grossmont College

• School Fights: Chicanas Resisting Oppression in Classrooms in Chicanx Children's and Young Adult Literature - Sonia Alejandra Rodriguez, LaGuardia Community College