Humanizing Pedagogies

3 credits · Peabody College - Professional

Schools are one of the primary socialization agents in modern society, yet they do not serve all children and communities equally, more often working towards social reproduction than liberation. In this course, we will examine how scholars and educators have sought to redress these problematic patterns through their teaching - what we call humanizing Pedagogies - by pursuing the following essential questions: What is a pedagogy? How do schooling practices humanize or de-humanize children and communities? How can educators work in ways that work toward humanization of children and communities? [3]