Inclusive Pedagogies RIG to focus on what it means to be an antiracist teacher

Inclusive Pedagogies RIG to focus on what it means to be an antiracist teacher

This academic year, the Inclusive Pedagogies RIG will be reading about and discussing what it means to be an antiracist teacher.

At the heart of their year-long focus is a “blogbook” by Asao B. Inoue, What It Means To Be An Antiracist Teacher: Cultivating Antiracist Orientations in the Literacy Classroom. Inoue is a Professor of Rhetoric and Composition in the College of Integrative Sciences and Arts at Arizona State University, and the past 2019 CCCC Chair. His research is in antiracist writing assessment and he teaches teachers how to teach and assess writing.

Key to the IPRIG's model is no need to prepare for the reading group. Participants spend the first 30 minutes reading together, then discussing the text and its implications for their teaching praxis. The Inclusive Pedagogies reading group meets on Friday of Weeks 3 and 7 each term, with alternative meetings on the following Tuesday of Weeks 4 and 8. Friday meeting times are 11 a.m.-1 p.m. and Tuesdays are 4-6 p.m. We will continue meeting in Zoom while pandemic conditions persist.

The IPRIG will be discussing the following entries from Inoue’s blogbook:

Fall

  • Weeks 3-4: Intro to the Project, Antiracism Ain’t Easy, Antiracism as an Orientation
  • Weeks 7-8: Twelve Habits of Antiracist Teachers, Brave Classrooms Ain’t Safe Classrooms
Winter
  • Weeks 3-4: White Language Supremacy and the Golden Rule, The Habits of White Language
  • Weeks 7-8: Racist Discourse is a Field, An Equation for Racist Discourse
Spring
  • Weeks 3-4: The White Supremacy of Grades in the Literacy Classroom
  • Weeks 7-8: A First Look at the WPA Outcomes Statement
More information about the IPRIG is available on their website, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Society.

All faculty, GEs, tutors, and education support specialists are welcome. Contact Jenée Wilde at jenee@uoregon.edu for more information.