Open AccessPedagogy, Protests, and Moving Toward Progress
Author(s) -
Nannetta Durnell-Uwechue,
Deandre Poole,
Felton Best
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of communication pedagogy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2640-4524
pISSN - 2578-2568
DOI - 10.31446/jcp.2021.2.07
Subject(s) - social justice , humanism , sociology , competence (human resources) , pedagogy , economic justice , race (biology) , face (sociological concept) , engineering ethics , psychology , social psychology , political science , social science , law , gender studies , engineering
Our world is in constant flux and educators are at the ship’s helm steering toward what former U.S. Representative John Lewis called “good trouble.” However, in many cases, educators lack the training required to be most effective in doing so. As instructors face student demands to address topics on race and social justice, many educators are unsure about how to respond appropriately to the chants of “No Justice, No Peace!” Thus, this essay explores humanistic and pragmatic approaches for doing so in terms of fostering cultural communication competence when incorporating topics on race and social justice issues in the classroom.