AAHHE ODA Webinar

Pedagogy del Corazón: Investigating Cultural and Community Practices Embedded in IRW Courses Using the Methodology of Counterstory
Thursday, May 22, 2025
12:00-1:00pm ET

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Yvette Regalado, PhD
Assistant Professor of Literacy Instruction
University of Texas at San Antonio
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Title of Dissertation: Pedagogy del Corazón: Investigating Cultural and Community Practices Embedded in IRW Courses Using the Methodology of Counterstory
Degree Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction
Degree Granting Institution: Texas State University

Description

This counterstorytelling study aimed to examine how Practitioners of Color (POC) enact cariño (critical care) and embed restorative literacies in their postsecondary classrooms. The problem is that students can feel invalidated and distressed if they do not see their cultural, communal, language, or ancestral histories represented in the curriculum. These POC embodied the archetype of POC who navigated traumatic educational experiences and used their experiential knowledge to help students navigate racist systems of power.