Pedagogy is the theory and practice of teaching and learning — how knowledge is transmitted, constructed, contested, and transformed. It is concerned with the relationship between teacher and learner, the structures through which knowledge is organized and presented, and the power dynamics embedded in those structures.
This module approaches pedagogy from decolonial and critical traditions, drawing on the work of Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Sandy Grande, and Indigenous educators who have challenged Western assumptions about what knowledge is, who produces it, and how it should be shared. These traditions insist that pedagogy is never neutral: every educational structure carries assumptions about whose knowledge counts, what forms of knowing are legitimate, and what the purpose of learning is.