Enacting Critical Pedagogy Online

"If you thought that online education could kill critical pedagogy, you are in for a surprise. Enacting Critical Pedagogy Online is a fabulous resource for anyone attempting to teach for social justice virtually. While the chapter authors are generally not proponents of online education—indeed, several express deep and well-founded concerns—authors creatively tackle central tensions between the philosophy and substance critical pedagogy, and their own online teaching experience. I highly recommend this book." Christine Sleeter, Professor Emerita, California State University Monterey Bay
"As the academic world continues to transition to distance, online and other diverse types of education (partly because of neoliberal impulses, partly due to the pandemic, partly owing to innovation and creativity), Enacting Critical Pedagogy Online provides significant context, insight and proposals to engage more critically not only with content but, significantly, with students and society within a Freirian lens. This is a wonderful and welcome addition to the field of critical pedagogy and transformative education!" Paul R. Carr, Professor & Chair-holder, UNESCO Chair in Democracy, Global Citizenship and Transformative Education (DCMÉT) at the Université du Québec en Outaouais
“Enacting Critical Pedagogies Online is a timely publication that serves as an essential resource for instructor training, instructor onboarding, teacher preparation programs, and annual assessment of programs responsive to the call for curricular diversification. This compilation focused on the central question of how to honor principles of critical pedagogy in computer mediated learning and offers examples of transformative classrooms and culturally sustaining pedagogies through consideration of theory and practice. Central to both critical pedagogy and quality online instruction is the creation of community, and conscious engagement with content, peers, and instructors. Challenges that arise include designing content that promotes and balances meaningful communication and providing opportunities for application beyond the classroom. The contributing authors share theoretically grounded and practical examples of how they have advanced genuine and mindful engagement in online learning where critical pedagogy content is central. Sample cases include online and hybrid modalities, learner experiences, and full-time instructor and adjunct perspectives on enacting critical pedagogies online.” —Melisa Fiori, Associate Professor of Spanish, Daemen University