Lily's+Lines

The practice of postcoloniality: a pedagogy of hope is written by Jennifer Lavia. It's published in Pedagogy, Culture & Society (Vol. 14, Iss 3, Oct 2006 pp279-293). It is apparently a collage of ideas from readings on the effects of colonial imagination and postcolonial conditions on education practice... in the Carribbean. A number of narratives are presented in the article to sustain a pedagogy of hope. Four themes emerge from the article; identity, educational practice, historical case of professional practice and critical professionalism. The article "concludes with a claim that critical educational practice is a postcolonial aspiration which must be sustained on the hopefulness of the imagination of the Caribbean Diaspora". http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content

I searched for a video clip on hopeful pedagogy and was taken to You Tube where I listened to Bell Hooks and Henry Louis Gates! They are African America academics http://www.youtube.com whose work in educating others about feminisim, culture and education is recognized. Their pedagogies thematically hone in on improving lives of African Americans. In this sense, a hopeful pedagogy sends a message of hope. During the May face to face meeting, Dr. Herman Michelle told his stories around a Culturally Senstive Pedagogy, Dr. Spooner podcast a message of reclaiming humanity Dr. Couras demonstrated how technology can be utilized to create social connections. They are all agents of social change in some way and their stories help us understand how pedagogy can create hope. Did they select the pedagogy or did the pedagogy select them?