Term of Award
Fall 2024
Degree Name
Doctor of Education in Curriculum Studies (Ed.D.)
Document Type and Release Option
Dissertation (open access)
Copyright Statement / License for Reuse
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Department
College of Education
Committee Chair
John Weaver
Committee Member 1
Robert Lake
Committee Member 2
Ming Fang He
Committee Member 3
Andrea Hudson
Abstract
In this poetic inquiry I share my experiences as a public educator within the contexts of aesthetics, identity, and power. Reflecting and inquiring poetically on nearly thirty years of public practice and leadership, I consider my personal experiences and conversations with current teachers and call them into action to speak up about the ramifications of this current political climate on their curriculum and their pedagogy. I focus on the works of poets and theorists such as Oliver (1986, 1992, 1998 & 2011), Whitman (1855, 1892), Hughes (1951) Counts (1932), Rosenblatt (1978 &1995), Freire (1970, 1974 & 1978), and Greene (1973, 1978 & 1995) as I advocate for a pedagogy of poetry as a liberatory force and the classroom as a place where students can experience and participate in the tenets of the democratic society they will inherit.
OCLC Number
1478262343
Catalog Permalink
https://galileo-georgiasouthern.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01GALI_GASOUTH/1r4bu70/alma9916599549902950
Recommended Citation
Dundore, Fran, "A Muse in a Minefiled: Poets, Pedagogy, and the Practice of Liberation" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2872.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/etd/2872
Research Data and Supplementary Material
No
