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Week 5- Matt Griffin

I have two related questions for this week. First, I appreciate Giroux's discussion of the politics of pedagogy. In our current context, how might we engage in pedagogy that is “transgressive in its challenge to authority and power” (Giroux 144)? Does controversy over covid policies allow a space for this?

 

Relatedly, a recurring theme throughout the reading is the role of common sense and ideology in producing the boundaries of knowledge and education. What would we want such transgressive pedagogies to change about our current educational system in terms of these broader power structures? What would a university without neoliberal, commodified education look like?

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