CI 508
Teachers as Activists and Complicit Bystanders
1. Name that Program
- Google Doc
- Click on the above document to the first activity:
- Fill in the distinguishing features of the two NYC teacher prep programs (Bard's and the mentor program)
3. Extension (if time)
- pg. 1197 in Irizarry:
"Surveillance and regulation, rather than punishment alone, became normalized throughout western societies as the exercise of power progressed from reliance on brute torture and physical punishment (e.g., public hangings and beheadings) during what Foucault (1975) called the “culture of spectacle” to a more 'carcercal culture' through which criminals were incarcerated, disciplined, and potentially, even rehabilitated." pg. 1200 "Everyone in the academy, regardless of background, has been socialized to perform racialized and gendered identities in ways that tend to reinforce unequal power relations."
- How does Foucault's reference to "culture of spectacle" (i.e. lynchings) square up with events from the past few years (Ferguson, Eric Garner, McKinney pool incident, Starbucks, school cop incident are a few examples)?
- How can the "racialized and gendered identities" be actively countered in the academy?
- If we don't have time, this is something to ponder, specifically with regard to education and what we as natural bystanders and educators have the responsibility to do and teach.