16 research outputs found
Black Lives Matter at School and Social Studies Education
No full textWhat does it mean to teach for Black lives when state governments are passing laws that prevent teachers from discussing race and gender? How can public education pay down the educational debt owed to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) children and their families when elected officials are prioritizing protecting whiteness at their expense? What role can social studies educators play in reducing the debt and promoting educational justice for racialized students? Educators have a responsibility to use their privilege and power to challenge those who use education as a weapon against the marginalized and oppressed. The Black Lives Matter at School (BLMAS) movement is offered as a space for public education in general, and social studies educators in particular, to enact what it means to teach for Black lives
When All Else Fails, We Must Protect Childhood
No full textThe Global Reform Education Movement (GERM) has invaded public education in the United States and education activits have failed to stop it at the national level. By accepting this failure we place ourselves in a stonger position to learm from our mistakes and change the narrative to focus on protecting childhood from the dangers of privatization and the neoliberal assault on education
From Theorizing in the Ivory Tower to Creating Change with the People
No full textThis article provides an overview of activist research and how it is used in various field including anthropology, social movements, and education. It discusses the impetus for incorporating activism into theoretical frameworks and research methodologies and the distinct aspects of activist research. Youth participatory action research is examined to identify how activist research can be situated into the methods and outcomes.</jats:p
Research as Resistance
No full textThis chapter provides an overview of activist research and how it is used in various fields including anthropology, social movements, and education. It discusses the impetus for incorporating activism into theoretical frameworks and research methodologies and the distinct aspects of activist research. Youth participatory action research (YPAR) is examined to identify how activist research can be situated into the methods and outcomes. Finally, a YPAR study is examined to illustrate how activist research can serve as a guided framework. </jats:p
Friends, the Club, and the Housing Authority: How Youth Define Their Community Through Auto-driven Photo Elicitation
No full textIgniting Collective Freedom: An Integrative Behavioral Model of Acceptance and Commitment towards Black Liberation
No full textRacism continues to reveal disastrous effects for the Black community. There exists no behavior analytic literature with a specific focus on ending Black psychological suffering due to continual acts of violence perpetrated against the community. The author presents a behavioral model to promote Black psychological liberation, infusing pre-established frameworks of Black Psychology and cultural healing practices with acceptance and commitment therapy. The model addresses behaviors observed within systemic and internalized racism
