Blog Post 7: Prioritizing Anti-Oppression Pedagogy in the Classroom
Hello all! I hope spring is treating everyone well so far and that everyone has been able to enjoy the wonderful weather as much as I have. This week I got to read about how to prioritize racial justice and bring anti-oppression pedagogy to the forefront of the classroom. These are huge issues that need to be addressed in every school, and this week's readings helped me find several ways to go about championing racial justice and fighting oppression. I read Amanda Lacy's "Starting with Students: A Framework for High School Reading" and Mario Worlds' and Cody Miller's " Miles Morales: Spider-man and Reimagining the Canon for Racial Justice." In Lacy's text, what stuck out most to me was her idea about how to create an interest inventory with students so that classes can explore what students are genuinely interested and invested in rather than in random topics that adults think adolescents should like. Lacy says that collecting student intere...