Full Description
This book is written by a diverse group of educators who spent the better part of one year learning about and implementing antiracist pedagogy. We hope our work is inspiring to other educators who want to learn more about antiracist pedagogy; more than that, we hope it provides a tool to engage with and speak back against repressive policies that seek to push out antiracist pedagogies. We worry that antiracist pedagogy has become a buzzword in scholarship and public discourse — simultaneously feared, silenced, hated, misunderstood, misused, and appropriated. We believe antiracist pedagogy has a place in democratic education. Therefore, we consider this book to be a clarifying project. In it, we provide precise definitions and concrete examples to demonstrate how antiracist pedagogy is a way of teaching and learning that engages past failures of American democracy in order to inspire students to take action toward fulfilling the promise of American democracy.
Contents
Introduction: The Role of Antiracist Pedagogy in Democratic Education
Angela V. Walker, Erin T. Miller, & Scott R. Gartlan
Chapter One: Antiracist Pedagogy: An Overview
Erin Miller & Angela Walker
Chapter Two: Dismantling Internalized Anti-Black Racism in Advanced English Literature Instruction
Angela V. Walker
Chapter Three: Justice is more Important than Kindness: Antiracist Pedagogy in a 1st Grade Classroom
Annie Galligan
Chapter Four: Middle School English Language Arts: My Personal Story of Exploration, Empowerment & Antiracist Teaching
Seun Omitoogun
Chapter Five: Confronting Scientific Racism and Eugenics in a Freshman Biology Course
Pablo Chialvo
Chapter Six: A Revised Narrative of the Civil Rights Movement and the Power of People in a High School History Course
Elizabeth Veilleux Haynes
Chapter Seven: Middle School Biology Students Learn How Structural Racism in the US Shaped Our COVID Experience
Evie Elson
Chapter Eight: Intersectionality & Antiracism: Leadership Pedagogy with College
Conclusion: Necessary Damage: A Conclusion
Angela V. Walker& Erin T. Miller
