Intersectionality, Power, and Pedagogy

06/13/24 • 45 min

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Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you can never go back to not seeing the power lenses.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Our goal is not to get burnt out.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Resources

Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory, by Patricia Hill Collins
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Liberatory and emancipatory pedagogies – critical pedagogy, culturally responsive pedagogies, open pedagogy, and ungrading
Nel Noddings Ethics of Care
Wool, Hugh Howey*
Nikita Gill
Dune
Black Liturgies
Learning in a Time of Abundance, by Dave Cormier

Clarissa Sorensen Unruh shares about intersectionality, power, and pedagogy on episode 522 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

It is hard for students to accurately think about what their learning process looked like.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Not only is the system rigged for a certain dominant group, but it is purposefully sabotaging some groups.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

The unfortunate thing about intersectionality is that once you start seeing the power lenses, you can never go back to not seeing the power lenses.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Our goal is not to get burnt out.
-Clarissa Sorensen Unruh

Resources

Intersectionality as Critical Social Theory, by Patricia Hill Collins
Kimberlé Crenshaw
Liberatory and emancipatory pedagogies – critical pedagogy, culturally responsive pedagogies, open pedagogy, and ungrading
Nel Noddings Ethics of Care
Wool, Hugh Howey*
Nikita Gill
Dune
Black Liturgies
Learning in a Time of Abundance, by Dave Cormier

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The Myth of the AI First Draft

Leon Furze shares the myth of the AI first draft on episode 521 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

We need to provide opportunities for people to find things hard, to persevere, and to see if they come out the other side.
-Leon Furze

For me, brainstorming, idea generation, drafting, all of that is far more important than the finished product itself.
-Leon Furze

If we’re going to accuse students of cheating and then allow professors or or educators to use the technology for assessments, that’s hypocritical, and probably quite condescending.
-Leon Furze

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Communication Literacy in the Age of AI

Judith Dutill talks about communication literacy in the age of AI on episode 523 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Quotes from the episode

In the college classroom, we don’t often emphasize that type of communication as a skill that’s worth teaching, talking about, assessing, and we focus instead on more formal types of communication.
-Judith Dutill

Communication is a very subjective thing, but I think there is a common definition that we could all agree on that effective communication is creating meaning and being understood.
-Judith Dutill

As we develop in higher education, many of us believe in multiple literacies.
-Judith Dutill

If your discipline involves speaking and listening, communication is at the center of it.
-Judith Dutill