Black History Education: Transformative Pedagogies and Contemporary Educational Encounters

Ineffective Black history education is a global phenomenon. Reasons for this include anti-Black philosophies where forms of miseducation and Black dehumanization have guided history education policy. Additionally, many Black history proponents lack general Black history definition and knowledge. This presentation seeks to inform audiences of effective and humanistic ways to approach Black history through a Black historical consciousness framework as put forth by LaGarrett King.

In conversation, Funké Aladejebi will respond and draw on feminist pedagogies to further explore how legacies of race, gender, and migration influence the contemporary educational encounters of Black Canadian communities.

Discussants:

Dr. LaGarrett King is Professor and Director of the Centre for K-12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education, Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo (SUNY).

Dr. Funké Aladejebi is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Toronto.

This event is free and open to all. Registration is required.

https://yorku.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_zKj0TYgdSNGzq1Jybew0Zg

This webinar event is part of the Pondering Pedagogy Series, co-sponsored by the Office of the Associate Dean, Academic Programs, and Undergraduate Program Office, Faculty of Education, York University.