'Just holding that space': Using Culturally Relevant Pedagogy to Create Counterspaces for Black College Students in AANAPISI/HSI Classrooms

Autor: Nicholas B. Lacy, Yea-Wen Chen, Damariyé L. Smith
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of Communication Pedagogy, Vol 8, Pp 3-23 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2640-4524
2578-2568
DOI: 10.31446/JCP.2024.1.02
Popis: Black college students continue to face the specter of anti-Blackness which creates additional barriers to success and flourishing in higher education. This study investigates how instructors in higher education can provide racial equity to Black students in AANAPISI/HSI classrooms through counterspaces. We use culturally relevant pedagogy to investigate the experiences of 21 Black college students at an AANAPISI/HSI to understand better how higher education instructors can utilize counterspaces, places where Black college students can challenge dominant discourses and create a collegial learning environment. We identified three counterspace themes: (1) Mitigate Eurocentric Pedagogy, (2) Employ Black and Critical Scholarship, and (3) Foster Black Excellence Zones. Implications provide educators with ways to enact meaningful support both academically and socially to Black-identifying students in college classrooms.
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