Considering the role of social media: #BlackLivesMatter as a pedagogical intervention to decolonise curriculum
<p class="first" id="d26989281e138">The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a drastic transformation to schooling for students throughout the world. During this period, a number of issues arose in our local, national and global communities, including the d...
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| description | <p class="first" id="d26989281e138">The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a drastic transformation to schooling for students
throughout the world. During this period, a number of issues arose in our local, national
and global communities, including the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests
and rallies organised by #BlackLivesMatter. Living through and witnessing many social
issues, coupled with the new and enduring pandemic, furthered our understandings of
how young people were engaging with these topics without the structures of schools
to support them. This article presents the results of a case study where youth aged
15–17 years shared their experiences and understandings about many social justice
issues they were observing. The most significant learning around these issues for
youth occurred informally through social media as opposed to in the classroom, reinforcing
that schools are not ethical spaces from which to challenge institutional, structural
and systemic barriers to justice. As such, this article discusses the potential for
formal education to be transformed into an ethical and decolonising space to learn
about and challenge injustice.
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| spelling | doaj.art-d3a4cb90c0e64eb9a8fa68b602a0dc642023-02-23T10:47:15ZengUCL PressLondon Review of Education1474-84601474-84792022-05-01201310.14324/LRE.20.1.14Considering the role of social media: #BlackLivesMatter as a pedagogical intervention to decolonise curriculumThashika PillayClaire AhnKenneth GyamerahShuyuan Liu<p class="first" id="d26989281e138">The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in a drastic transformation to schooling for students throughout the world. During this period, a number of issues arose in our local, national and global communities, including the death of George Floyd and subsequent protests and rallies organised by #BlackLivesMatter. Living through and witnessing many social issues, coupled with the new and enduring pandemic, furthered our understandings of how young people were engaging with these topics without the structures of schools to support them. This article presents the results of a case study where youth aged 15–17 years shared their experiences and understandings about many social justice issues they were observing. The most significant learning around these issues for youth occurred informally through social media as opposed to in the classroom, reinforcing that schools are not ethical spaces from which to challenge institutional, structural and systemic barriers to justice. As such, this article discusses the potential for formal education to be transformed into an ethical and decolonising space to learn about and challenge injustice. </p>https://uclpress.scienceopen.com/hosted-document?doi=10.14324/LRE.20.1.14 |
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| title | Considering the role of social media: #BlackLivesMatter as a pedagogical intervention to decolonise curriculum |
| title_full | Considering the role of social media: #BlackLivesMatter as a pedagogical intervention to decolonise curriculum |
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| title_short | Considering the role of social media: #BlackLivesMatter as a pedagogical intervention to decolonise curriculum |
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