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Challenging Fear and Hate: Caring and Compassion as Essential Components of a Critical Pedagogy School Curriculum

Challenging Fear and Hate: Caring and Compassion as Essential Components of a Critical Pedagogy School Curriculum

César A. Rossatto, Jennifer L. Mansour
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 11
ISBN13: 9781799852681|ISBN10: 1799852687|EISBN13: 9781799852698
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5268-1.ch009
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Rossatto, César A., and Jennifer L. Mansour. "Challenging Fear and Hate: Caring and Compassion as Essential Components of a Critical Pedagogy School Curriculum." Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education, edited by Jared Keengwe, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 149-159. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5268-1.ch009

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Rossatto, C. A. & Mansour, J. L. (2020). Challenging Fear and Hate: Caring and Compassion as Essential Components of a Critical Pedagogy School Curriculum. In J. Keengwe (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education (pp. 149-159). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5268-1.ch009

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Rossatto, César A., and Jennifer L. Mansour. "Challenging Fear and Hate: Caring and Compassion as Essential Components of a Critical Pedagogy School Curriculum." In Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education, edited by Jared Keengwe, 149-159. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-5268-1.ch009

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Abstract

We are living in times of neo-fascism where fear and hate are the dominant discourses. To counteract such challenges, caring and compassion are crucial components of a public school curriculum that promote humanization and empowerment. This kind of curriculum is missing in public schools. Mass shootings and acts of cruelty in the United States affect children the most. Educating our youth on action-based compassion is vital for critical pedagogy in teacher education programs. The authors question what it means to be human and believe that safe spaces where we can be ourselves and feel good being with others is an ontological necessity. Hence, this chapter expands on these claims and examines why and how this type of curriculum is essential for our multicultural communities.

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