Toward an Antiracist Pedagogy of Humanizing Co-Creatorship in Teacher Education

Abstract

In this conceptual essay, we weave concepts of critical race theory, joy, [anti-]disciplinarity, and humanization toward a critique of the disciplinary organization of teacher preparation program curricula through what we term a pedagogy of humanizing co-creatorship. In this essay, we seek to position disciplinarity as needed, but find that antiracist practices, such as the centering of joy and humanization, are even more ethically fundamental to creating culturally sustaining early-career teachers.

Keywords:

• antidisciplinarity
• antiracism
• humanization
• joy
• teacher education

Acknowledgements

We would like to express our deepest thanks Alexandra C. Allweiss, Cathryn van Kessel, Sandra Crespo, and the MSU Teacher Preparation Program for their contributions, generosity with their time, and their kind patience with us in the development of this work. While our names are attached to this piece, the love and care you put into supporting our thinking is what we aspire to reciprocate.