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Art-based critical pedagogy; Art education; Creative resistance; Student-teacher relationships; Undocumented students; Working-class students
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Empowering Students Through Creative Resistance: Art-Based Critical Pedagogy In The Immigrant Experience, Luis-Genaro Garcia
Empowering Students Through Creative Resistance: Art-Based Critical Pedagogy In The Immigrant Experience, Luis-Genaro Garcia
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This study displays the value of using art-based critical pedagogy, and the importance of developing the socio-political awareness of immigrant students. It shows the development of strong student-teacher relationships through culturally relevant cirriculums through shared socio-economic and cultural backgrounds. The article relates the author’s personal ongoing relationship as a high school teacher with a former undocumented student as a model and key to nurturing students’ identities and academic endeavors.