For Such a Time as This: The Present Need for Fugitive Pedagogy

2025/05/15 by Judson Laughter, Jonny Vela, Mohammeed Alghamdi +10 · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy #Global Education and Multiculturalism #Global Educational Policies and Reforms

paper · doi:10.1080/10665684.2025.2494263

openalex publication_date 2025/05/15 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

In this theoretically informed article, we introduce and define Fugitive Pedagogy as a framework for action, building on Givens’s biography of Carter G. Woodson. We first introduce our current education context and outline the need for a Fugitive Pedagogy approach. We describe how we developed Fugitive Pedagogy as a theoretical and analytical framework in Spring 2023. We then exemplify the application of a Fugitive Pedagogy approach both reflexively and proactively, before concluding with thoughts on how Fugitive Pedagogy might work in restrictive legal contexts.

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