Summary
This session shares ongoing efforts by the presenter to promote critical perspectives in a geography methods course for pre-service teachers. This presentation explores how interdisciplinary connections have raised student consciousness about the utility of the field of geography to frame issues of power and inequality. Drawing from decolonial thought, ethnic studies, and media literacy, instruction in this course has centered critical approaches to geography education. More specifically, students have examined the power and politics of naming places/things, Indigenous experiences with colonialism, climate migration, and mis(dis)information about the recent conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza. These critical approaches have resulted in high student engagement and an increased focus on issues of global justice. Supporting data, collected over the past three years, will be shared. Lastly, this session will be planned so that there is time for participants to discuss their thoughts on the presenter’s practices and/or share their own efforts to promote critical perspectives in geographic education.
Session Focus
Higher Education | Curriculum and Instruction | Critical Geography, Media Literacy, Decolonial Pedagogies
Conference Room
Winnebago
Meet the Presenter
Sean Corrigan
