Pedagogy of Solidarity: Educating for an Interracial Working Class Movement

Autor/in	Ng, Winnie
Titel	Pedagogy of Solidarity: Educating for an Interracial Working Class Movement
Quelle	In: Journal of Workplace Learning, 24 (2012) 7-8, S.528-537 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5626
DOI	10.1108/13665621211261007
Schlagwörter	Action Research; Unions; Autobiographies; Working Class; Labor Education; Union Members; Social Justice; Racial Bias; Activism; Indigenous Populations; Interviews; Cultural Pluralism; Foreign Countries; Adult Education; Adult Educators; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Projektforschung; Autobiography; Autobiografie; Autobiographie; Arbeiterklasse; Labour education; Arbeitserziehung; Gewerkschaftsmitglied; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Aktivismus; Politischer Protest; Sinti und Roma; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Kulturpluralismus; Ausland; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung; Adult education teacher; Adult education; Teacher; Teachers; Adult educator; Erwachsenenbildner; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Kanada
Abstract	Purpose: This paper aims to report on the author's recent research examining the meaning and practices of educating for solidarity, specifically from anti-racism and decolonizing perspective. The research is part of the critical exploration on new educational approaches on solidarity building among workers and trade union members in the broader political and economic context of neoliberalism. Design/methodology/approach: Utilizing the research methodologies of participatory action research, arts-informed research and critical autobiography, the research draws on the words and visual images made by the participants who are labour educators and activists from Aboriginal and racialized communities. In-depth interview and the Aboriginal talking circle method were used to deepen the dialogue among this group of activists. By focusing on their authentic voices and lived experiences, the research is grounded in Dei's stance on the importance of the embodied knowledge as part of the necessary conditions for anti-racism education work and political action. Findings: The findings reveal a sense of profound gap between what participants experience as daily practices of solidarity and what they envisioned. Through the research process, the study explores and demonstrates the importance and potential of a more holistic and integrative critical labour education approach on anti-racism and decolonization. The study proposes a pedagogical framework on solidarity building with four interlinking components: rediscovering, restoring, reimagining and reclaiming: as a way to make whole. Research limitations/implications: A further research implication will be to explore the possibility and application of this proposed pedagogical framework with a group of trade union activists from racialized and non-racialized backgrounds. Social implications: The pedagogy of solidarity offers a transformative process for activists to engage in critical dialogue on how to build solidarity across constituencies. The solidarity circle dialogue process provides a space for critical reflection. Originality/value: This is an original research integrating Aboriginal worldview and arts-informed research, to explore the potential of a new pedagogy that is grounded in restoring people's spirit, recovering their voices so they can have the courage to reimagine; and reclaim in order to make whole. The value of the research lies in its hopefulness as a tool of countering the politics of division and fear. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10