Relevant Texts
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed
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ISBN: 9781501305320First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970. The methodology of the late Paulo Freire has helped to empower countless impoverished and illiterate people throughout the world. -
Teaching to Transgress
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ISBN: 0415908078These essays, by one of America's leading black intellectuals, face squarely the problems of teachers who do not want to teach, of students who do not want to learn, of racism and sexism in the classroom, and of the gift of freedom that is, for Hooks, the teacher's most important goal. -
Information Services to Diverse Populations
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ISBN: 9780838938669Publication Date: 2024-02-06This comprehensive resource introduces the contexts and situations that promote the development of empathy and build cultural competence, examines the research in the areas of diversity and social justice in librarianship, and explains how social responsibility is a foundational value of librarianship.
Anti-Racist Pedagogy
Anti-racist pedagogical practices are in a constant state of “becoming,” meaning there is no one single stopping point. Cultivating an anti-racist pedagogical practice requires a commitment to ongoing critical self-reflection, lifetime learning, and improvement. Anti-racist pedagogy is both a framework and a process. According to Kyoko Kishimoto (2016), anti-racist pedagogy includes three components:
"(1) incorporating the topics of race and inequality into course content, (2) teaching from an anti-racist pedagogical approach, and (3) anti-racist organizing within the campus and linking our efforts to the surrounding community."
This requires going beyond addressing what we are teaching about racial injustice to how we must change our daily instruction to acknowledge and transgress the inundation of white privilege in academia. These resources are a starting point, but it will be the continued work and effort that builds your anti-racist approach to pedagogy (Columbia University).
Toolkits
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Inclusive Pedagogy Toolkit (George Washington University)In this toolkit, we offer concrete suggestions for designing inclusive, antiracist learning environments through five key interconnected aspects of teaching and learning relevant to all courses
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Trauma-Informed Pedgogy (Barnard College)A guide on teaching with a trauma-informed lens.
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Inclusive Teaching in Library Instruction (University of Texas)Provides information on the five principles of inclusive teaching developed by the Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning. The recommended practices are adapted from their Guide for Inclusive Teaching.
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Guide for Inclusive Teaching (Columbia)The Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia helps instructors answer that question by offering five inclusive teaching principles derived from research and evidence-based practices.
Helpful Resources
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Cowden, C., Seaman, P., Copeland, S., & Gao, L. (2021). Teaching with Intent: Applying Culturally Responsive Teaching to Library Instruction. Portal (Baltimore, Md.), 21(2), 231-251.Despite increasingly diverse classrooms, librarians may teach to the middle without considering the divergent experiences of the actual students in the class. Additionally, the centrality of whiteness in academia and librarianship may contribute to a lack of inclusivity in the library instruction classroom. Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) provides a framework for realizing inclusivity for culturally diverse students. This article presents theoretically grounded, practical applications of CRT for the library instruction classroom within three suggested areas for improvement: preparation, communication, and facilitation.
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Heffernan, K. (2020). Loaded questions: The Framework for Information Literacy through a DEI lens. College & Research Libraries News, 81(8), 382. doi:https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.81.8.382The Framework remains situated within an existing culture of Western, neoliberal, post-secondary education, and calls for an examination of that context, while spurring inquiry regarding all realms of knowledge creation and acquisition, and their corresponding embedded power structures. Librarians are well positioned to initiate a collaborative community of inquiry within their institutional contexts using the Framework to elicit a broader understanding of the information ecosystem through a lens of DEI and social justice.
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Harbin, M. Brielle; Thurber, Amie; and Bandy, Joe (2019) "Teaching Race, Racism, and Racial Justice: Pedagogical Principles and Classroom Strategies for Course Instructors," Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice: Vol. 4: No. 1, ArtiTeaching on topics of race and racism presents unique challenges to leaders in the university classroom setting. Despite an increasing number of instructors bringing a critical analysis of racial in/justice to their curriculum, many report challenges in teaching this content effectively. In this article, we address these challenges.
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Akamine Phillips, Jennifer; Risdon, Nate; Lamsma, Matthew; Hambrick, Angelica; and Jun, Alexander (2019) "Barriers and Strategies by White Faculty Who Incorporate Anti-Racist Pedagogy," Race and Pedagogy Journal: Teaching and Learning for Justice: Vol. 3:This study focused on the experiences of white faculty who incorporate an anti-racist framework into their college classrooms.
