Beyond "Critical" Instruction: The Challenges of Addressing Social Hierarchies Through Service Learning: Taphy, Roudy, and Charla|Episode 23

Published: May 6, 2020, 3:05 p.m.

Today's episode features an eye-opening interview with Tafadzwa Tivaringe, Dr. Roudy Hildreth, and Charla Lello Agnoletti of UC-Boulder's CU ENGAGE, highlighting their award-winning AERA submission focused on the need for critical service-learning to address the subtle mechanisms in which social hierarchies are enacted in community-based learning. Co-authors Taphy and Roudy are the recipients of the 2020 AERA SLEE SIG OUTSTANDING GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD for this valuable work conducted in partnership with Charla and the Public Achievement program. If you've asked yourself "as critical scholars, where do we go from here?", make sure to tune in to this interview as their scholarship opens a door to new ways of seeing and doing! As an added bonus, this episode is co-hosted by Mike Hasley, a K-12 Secondary Social Studies Specialist and long-time champion of service-learning for a large, urban school division. Mike shares some insight into how he is supporting his teachers during this time of rapid transition and uncertainty.