Open AccessThe Challenges of Teaching About the Black Lives Matter Movement: A Dialogue
Author(s) -
Donna Troka,
Dorcas Adedoja
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
radical teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1941-0832
pISSN - 0191-4847
DOI - 10.5195/rt.2016.311
Subject(s) - transformative learning , conversation , movement (music) , civil rights , sociology , pedagogy , media studies , aesthetics , art , political science , law , communication
This essay is a conversation between and teacher and student who worked together on the first iteration of a course that juxtaposes the Civil Rights Movement with the Black Lives Matter movement. Through their conversation they uncover what went well and what changes need to be made so that the course can be more transformative