Book Launch - Culturally Responsive Pedagogy: Working towards Decolonization, Indigeneity and Interculturalism

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As part of the Decolonizing Teacher Education seminar we will be holding a book launch event for 'Culturally Responsive Pedagogy' edited by Fatima Pirbhai-Illich, University of Regina; Shauneen Pete, University of Regina and Fran Martin, University of Exeter.

Published by Palgrave Macmillan, this book convincingly argues that effective culturally responsive pedagogies require teachers to firstly undertake a critical deconstruction of Self in relation to and with the Other; and secondly, to take into account how power affects the socio-political, cultural and historical contexts in which the education relation takes place. The contributing authors are from a range of diaspora, indigenous, and white mainstream communities, and are united in their desire to challenge the hegemony of Eurocentric education and to create new educational spaces that are more socially and environmentally just. In this venture, the ideal education process is seen to be inherently critical and intercultural, where mainstream and marginalized, colonized and colonizer, indigenous and settler communities work together to decolonize selves, teacher-student relationships, pedagogies, the curriculum and the education system itself. This book will be of great interest and relevance to policy-makers and researchers in the field of education; teacher educators; and pre- and in-service teachers.

“An important read for educators, administrators and policy makers … a very welcome addition to studies of decolonial education and the poetics and politics of educational futurity” George J. Sefa Dei, Professor of Social Justice Education, University of Toronto, Canada

To pre-order a copy of the book please visit the Palgrave Macmillan Online Store.  

Delegates will be able to buy a copy of the book at a 20% discount at the seminar.

Registration

This book launch forms part of the Decolonizing Teacher Education, Re-thinking the Educational Relationship Seminar taking place on the same day. Please register via the Exeter Online Store. Places are limited, so early registration is recommended.