Session Information: Interdisciplinary Education
Session Chair: Gray Felton
Monday, 19 June 2023 13:55
Session: Session 4
Room: Room B (Live Stream)
Presentation Type:Live-Stream Presentation
This paper presents the story of what happened when I incorporated critical pedagogical practices embedded within a human rights focused unit of study into my literature classroom and examined the effect it had on my students’ perceptions regarding the purpose of their education. After providing a theoretical framework, positioning my study within existing research, and outlining my study, I then explain my methods for selecting research participants and gathering data, ultimately concluding with implications. This study took place within a highly competitive educational system embedded within a Korean American international school setting where grades, GPA ranking, and admissions into Ivy League institutions are perceived by most students to be the fundamental purpose of education. My study broadly begins by examining the learning environment, perceptions, and practices of one class as a whole, eventually narrowing my research to be focused on one student. This student’s story demonstrates that even within highly competitive schooling environments, where the purpose of learning has largely been reduced to rote memorization and GPA ranking, the introduction of critical pedagogies, within a human rights focused unit of study has the potential to disrupt paradigms surrounding the purpose of education; raise critical consciousness; and possibly foster transformative learning, leading to a greater sense of purpose regarding education as a means of connection to the world beyond the self.
Authors:
Jessica Terbrueggen, Teachers College Columbia University, United States
About the Presenter(s)
Ms Jessica Terbrueggen is a School Teacher/Instructor at On sabbatical year doing consulting work in United States
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