from pre-K to doctoral study, we desperately need pedagogies of care, responsiveness, & affirmation.

particularly for 1st gen, disabled, & students of color who have to constantly navigate harmful pedagogies based on shaming, tearing down, & destructive disciplining.

towards pedagogies that do not figure students as monoliths.

toward pedagogies that affirm, build up, hone existing skills, languages, ideas, not pedagogies of knocking down & constant critique & correction.

toward pedagogies that seek to meet students where they are at.

toward pedagogies that do not seek uniformity & standardization cause those are premised on ableist, racist, & sexist notions (i.e, speaking, writing, performing proficiency well is coded as white sounding, neurotypical, masculine)

toward pedagogies of care, trust, imagining