Critical Schooling: Transformative Theory and Practice

Description

This edited volume brings to the foreground the inequities of contemporary schooling in Canada. The editors and authors perform a critical examination of the Canadian schooling space, highlighting the agency and action of marginalized communities and their efforts to address injustice within contexts of schooling. Grounded in the unique perspective of each author, this book provides a venue for transformative practice to create inclusive and socially just contexts for diverse populations, specifically as experienced by peoples who inhabit the intersections of various modes of oppression. Front Matter ....Pages i-xxvii Continuing Important Conversations: An Introduction to This Volume (Francisco J. Villegas, Janelle Brady)....Pages 1-20 “I’m Just a Friend Now”: Community Policing in Toronto Schools (Gita Rao Madan)....Pages 21-45 Restorative Justice: Moving from Punitive Sanctions to Proactive Interactions (Michelle H. A. Bailey)....Pages 47-74 Canada’s Legacy of Colonialism: Implications in Education (Jacqueline Benn-John)....Pages 75-97 Resistance Is Our Ancestral Knowledge: Incorporating Roots of Resistance into the Education of Adolescent Afro-Caribbean Girls in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) (Kimberley Moore, Celine D. Gibbons-Taylor)....Pages 99-123 Disrupting Princesses: A Pedagogical Moment in Dismantling Colonial Norms and Representations of Beauty Through an Anti-colonial Framework (Janelle Brady, Zuhra Abawi)....Pages 125-146 The First Three Years of LAEN: From Unity-Seeking to Equity-Seeking (Catalina Calero, Derik Chica)....Pages 147-174 Active Communities and Practices of Resistance: Brief History of the Use of Schools as Border Zones in Toronto (Francisco J. Villegas)....Pages 175-199 Be a Good Citizen or Else! Neoliberal Citizenship and the Grade Six 2013 Revised Ontario Social Studies Curriculum (Ardavan Eizadirad)....Pages 201-224 “What Can I Do?”: A Guide for Academics Who (Want to) Support Palestine (Sabrine Azraq)....Pages 225-243 Bridging Borders: Teaching a Bridging Course with Precarious Status Students Transitioning to the University (Paloma E. Villegas)....Pages 245-268 Self-Study of an Indigenous Settler in Ontario Schooling: An Exploration of Living Theory (Umar Umangay)....Pages 269-298 Living Biocultures: A Framework for Building Sustainable Community Well-Being, Resilience and Innovation (Yessica D. Rostan Aellen)....Pages 299-325 Community, Schooling, and the Education of Racialized Students: A Postscript (Carl E. James)....Pages 327-338 Back Matter ....Pages 339-343