Critical Kaleidoscopic Pedagogy: Kaepernick, Nike, and Critical Media Literacy in the Post-truth Era
Biographical Sketch
Tricia M. Kress is an Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities Ed.D. program at Molloy College. Her research uses critical pedagogy, cultural sociology, and auto/ethnography to rethink teaching, learning and research in urban schools. She is co-editor of the book series Imagination and Praxis: Criticality and Creativity in Education and Educational Researchwith Brill/Sense Publishers. She has published in numerous academic journals including Radical Teacher, The International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, The International Journal of Qualitative Research in Educationand The Review of Education, Pedagogy and Cultural Studies. She is the author or editor of several books including Critical Praxis Research: Breathing New Life into Research Methods for Teachers and Paulo Freire’s Intellectual Roots: Toward Historicity in Praxis (edited with Robert Lake) which received the Society of Professors of Education 2014 Book Award. She is also the Chair of the Paulo Freire Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association.
Type of Presentation
Panel submission
Brief Description of Presentation
Participants will engage in theoretical and practical exploration of “critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy” designed to respond to the contemporary post-truth, post-Trump U.S. context. The theory is informed by postformalism, critical literacy, and critical pedagogy. Presenters share practical ways the Kaepernick Nike advertising campaign can be used with diverse diverse secondary students, graduate students, and teachers to tap multi-modal ways of knowing and afford critical media literacy.
Abstract of Proposal
Since former NFL player Colin Kaepernick first kneeled during the U.S. national anthem, there has been no shortage of media commentary about the controversial #takeaknee movement which has culminated in Nike endorsing Colin Kaepernick as the face of the 30thanniversary of their “Just Do It” campaign. Social media outlets have erupted with the ad itself, pundit commentary about it, appropriations of the slogan by various groups, and viral videos of people burning Nike sneakers and clothing. Within this discursive moment multiperspectival, critical media literacy lessons abound. In this session participants will engage in a symposium-length theoretical and practical exploration of “critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy,” an orientation toward critical pedagogy designed to respond to the contemporary post-truth, post-Trump U.S. context. Critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy is informed by postformalism (Kincheloe, 1999), critical literacy (Gee, 2015), critical media pedagogy (Duncan-Andrade & Morrell, 2005; Haddix & Sealy-Ruiz, 2012), and critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970). The presenters describe the philosophy and practice of critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy and share hands-on activities that illustrate how the Kaepernick Nike advertising campaign can be used in classrooms with diverse secondary students and graduate students, and as professional development for teachers. Participants will tap multi-modal ways of knowing to critically “read” the unfolding of discursive events as a manifestation of complex and contradictory socio-historical, cultural, political, and economic conditions.
Location
Session 1A (Grand Salon, Double Tree)
Start Date
2-22-2019 10:30 AM
End Date
2-22-2019 12:00 PM
Recommended Citation
Kress, Tricia; Lake, Robert; Cox-Vineyard, Maria; and Buechner, Karen, "Critical Kaleidoscopic Pedagogy: Kaepernick, Nike, and Critical Media Literacy in the Post-truth Era" (2019). International Critical Media Literacy Conference. 2.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/criticalmedialiteracy/2019/2019/2
Critical Kaleidoscopic Pedagogy: Kaepernick, Nike, and Critical Media Literacy in the Post-truth Era
Session 1A (Grand Salon, Double Tree)
Since former NFL player Colin Kaepernick first kneeled during the U.S. national anthem, there has been no shortage of media commentary about the controversial #takeaknee movement which has culminated in Nike endorsing Colin Kaepernick as the face of the 30thanniversary of their “Just Do It” campaign. Social media outlets have erupted with the ad itself, pundit commentary about it, appropriations of the slogan by various groups, and viral videos of people burning Nike sneakers and clothing. Within this discursive moment multiperspectival, critical media literacy lessons abound. In this session participants will engage in a symposium-length theoretical and practical exploration of “critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy,” an orientation toward critical pedagogy designed to respond to the contemporary post-truth, post-Trump U.S. context. Critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy is informed by postformalism (Kincheloe, 1999), critical literacy (Gee, 2015), critical media pedagogy (Duncan-Andrade & Morrell, 2005; Haddix & Sealy-Ruiz, 2012), and critical pedagogy (Freire, 1970). The presenters describe the philosophy and practice of critical kaleidoscopic pedagogy and share hands-on activities that illustrate how the Kaepernick Nike advertising campaign can be used in classrooms with diverse secondary students and graduate students, and as professional development for teachers. Participants will tap multi-modal ways of knowing to critically “read” the unfolding of discursive events as a manifestation of complex and contradictory socio-historical, cultural, political, and economic conditions.
