You are warmly invited to an interdisciplinary symposium on critical pedagogies. The 2019 Educating for Critical Consciousness: Foregrounding Indigenous Epistemologies and Challenging the Neoliberal University symposium aims to increase knowledge of critical pedagogy and its relationship to teaching, learning, and community engagement at Victoria University of Wellington. Throughout the day we will ask: how does foregrounding indigenous epistemologies speak directly to VUW’s strategic intent to commit to the Treaty of Waitangi and take a strengths-based approach to our Māori and indigenous student population?

Our keynote speakers will be Te Kawehau Hoskins and David Welchman Gegeo. Symposium participants will be able to workshop course curricula with staff from the Centre for Academic Development (Meegan Hall) and the FHSS Associate Dean of Teaching and Equity (Anita Brady), and work in small groups on other relevant topics.

One of our goals is to produce research outcomes intended to foster and facilitate engagement with critical pedagogy. We see the Symposium as a research method – collaborative, participatory, face-to-face – that can drive the design, content, and structure of an edited book, and channel the critical pedagogy momentum at VUW into achieving change.

Students and staff are welcome. Morning tea, lunch, and afternoon tea are provided.

Registrations are required: https://2019vuwecc.eventbrite.com.au

If you have any questions, please contact Lorena Gibson (lorena.gibson@vuw.ac.nz) or Jennifer de Saxe (jennifer.desaxe@vuw.ac.nz).

This Symposium is generously supported by a VUW Learning and Teaching Fund grant.