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Building Pedagogical and Activist Relationships
Author(s) -
Stricker Mary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sociological forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.937
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1573-7861
pISSN - 0884-8971
DOI - 10.1111/socf.12653
Subject(s) - allegiance , sociology , critical pedagogy , critical theory , pedagogy , epistemology , critical race theory , feminist pedagogy , social activism , race (biology) , gender studies , politics , feminism , law , political science , philosophy
As a white professor who teaches courses that deal primarily with the issue of race, the question of whether pedagogy and activism mix is ever present in my mind. The answer to this question is of course complicated and yet, I answer affirmatively. Drawing upon social movement theory and the central tenets of critical pedagogy, I argue that pedagogy and activism can work very well together in the classroom, but that my allegiance to a critical pedagogy does present some necessary constraints on my classroom activism.