학술논문

Adolescent Civic Engagement Education Centered in Antiracist Praxis
Document Type
Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Author
Arias, LauraParameswaran, Gowri (ORCID 0000-0003-4546-5883)
Source
Multicultural Education Review. 2021 13(3):245-259.
Subject
Citizen Participation
Citizenship Education
Social Justice
Racial Bias
Racial Discrimination
Secondary School Students
Teaching Methods
Reflection
Self Efficacy
Language
English
ISSN
2005-615X
Abstract
US youth have demonstrated a deeper involvement in social and political issues today than in earlier decades. This trend is reflected in more active voting behaviours as well as more protest and general activism efforts. This paper offers teachers ways to engage students in facilitating and infusing antiracism thought and behaviour into their civic engagement learning. One of the most significant social and political issues today is racial injustice and its deep connection to other forms of injustice sought to be remedied through political participation. Thus, understanding the relationship between antiracist action and civic and political involvement should be central to civic engagement education. Based on Freire's discussions on praxis as well as his conceptualization of critical consciousness, which has been expanded on by more recent scholars, along with the scholarship on the necessity of antiracism in our society and schools, we formulate and present a conceptual framework, consisting of four major pillars, for antiracist civic engagement adolescent education. The pillars can be incorporated by antiracist educators with ease and can be scaffolded into their teaching. Each pillar is accompanied by practical exercises that instructors could use in their own antiracist teaching.