Cultivating an Anti-Racist Pedagogy

In this episode
In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, educators and schools across the nation are navigating anti-racist, anti-bias (ABAR) work. Often used in concert and sometimes interchangeably, by definition, these terms represent an activist approach to educational curricula that attempts to challenge prejudices, including racism, sexism, ableism, and ageism.

We're joined by Columbia University graduate students for a discussion on cultivating an anti-bias, anti-racist pedagogy, the process of developing an ABAR framework, and the lessons they are learning along the way.​

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Final thoughts
What is a goal or vision for how teachers can use this ABAR framework? What would you like to see?

Tylar Ann Colleluori 

I think that other instructors can use this to move away from ideas that are singular or normative, whether that's in terms of representation of the target culture, grammar, or accents. 


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Claudia Sbuttoni

It's been important for me to create a tool that will live beyond us — something that is iterative and can be revisited again and again. We by no means are going to get it right the first time around, but there doesn't have to be only one version of the framework.


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Andrew LaSalle Wyatt

We play a really important role for Columbia students, because students will often take their language requirements in their first semester or first year and so, in many cases my class is one of their first at the college level. The idea that one of their first courses could be one that really foregrounds and tackles these issues, and one where they can see these tools at work in the classroom — I mean, what a way to start your college experience!

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