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I believe it is not possible to decolonize education. Schools are limiting the information shared in the classroom with the students. Today many teachers limit themselves from discussing certain topics occurring around the world today because they fear they will be judged as a teacher to respect everyone’s beliefs. I believe if teachers were more vocal about real-world issues today and learned to separate personal beliefs from real facts it could improve education across the country because students will know the difference and possibly be able to relate to what they encounter. Not only will the student receive an education, but it could help create a voice in topics they possibly are passionate about sharing or even personal experiences. As individuals one may forget we have different backgrounds and experiences that could teach more. It is understandable from a teacher's perspective to struggle to make an open discussion about certain topics without creating a debate, but without these debates, we leave both parties unheard and leave them to not express these concerns.

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I think that if I were to imagine decolonized education it would be by starting with changing the curriculum. By expanding the curriculum and teaching more about inclusive material. A more expansive and multicultural perspective and giving the class choices in the thing that they are interested in learning and also by listening to different views of what the students have to say. In the reading ¨decolonizing the Classroom: lessons in multicultural education¨ we see Mr Davis's class being more inclusive in the way he teaches and his curriculum. They learned things that are normally not learned in typical curriculums like Greek and Egypt history, African American and American history, and much more. Mr Davis also listens to what his students have to say, unlike the other teacher that he had freshman year.

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A decolonized educational school, in my opinion, would be a transforming and welcoming space that addresses the colonial historical legacy. It would focus on the rehabilitation and empowerment of underprivileged populations, notably Indigenous peoples, while also encouraging creative thinking and social awareness among every student. The curriculum would be based on various views and knowledge systems, with a focus on Indigenous knowledge, tales and contributions. Decision-making ought to be collaborative and interactive, with students, families, and others in the community playing an important role in designing the educational journey. A decolonized educational school will inevitably strive to develop well-rounded individuals who are critically informed, culturally fixed and actively engaged in creating a society with greater equity and justice.

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I don’t think it’s possible to decolonize a classroom. We are already used to the idea that there is an authority figure who should be in the front of the class and students seated in front of them behind their desks. Given our discussion in class, there were lots of reasons why it wouldn’t be possible. There are certain things educators need to follow, i.e teaching methods, curriculum, etc. It may be possible in a way but it has to start with someone who has enough power to make a change. With that being said, it may be possible if you start with kids from kindergarten, since they are young, you’ll be able to teach them things other than what they want you to follow leading away from how the classrooms and teaching styles have been set for years now.

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The way I see  a non colonial classroom is one of two ways, the first being having to literally fight for it, In Frantz Fanon’s “Concerning Violence” he states: “In its bare reality, decolonization reeks of red-hot cannonballs and bloody knives. For the last can be the first only after a murderous and decisive confrontation between the two protagonists. This determination to have the last move up to the front, to have them clamber up (too quickly, say some) the famous echelons of an organized society, can only succeed by resorting to every means, including, of course, violence.” when Fanon states this he is talking about how even if using regular measures (every means) eventually those measures will resort to violence. Unfortunately violence is how this country has gotten a lot of what it has, if there were to ever be a decolonized classroom, I can see a possibility where it is fought for but ultimately that battle would be lost knowing how the country could be when you tackle anything that is wrong with it, they fight back just as hard so no actual progress would have been made. Now when it comes to Wayne Au’s “Decolonizing The Classroom: Lessons In Multicultural Education” a more appropriate approach is mentioned, Multicultural Education. Au talks about a teach Mr. Davis who had a secret class about the Harlem Renaissance and how you could only get in if you convinced your counselor to allow you to take it, in the section about Mr. Davis’ class Au states “Another lesson to be gained from Mr. Davis’ example is that multicultural education creates a space for students to meaningfully engage with each other. It was through such struggle over social and political issues that I developed substantive relationships with my African American classmates — relationships that I do not think could have developed in my other, more Eurocentric classes that were either populated predominantly by white kids or simply did not create the space to really engage students of color.” if more classes were inclusive like Mr. Davis’ without the need to hide/be a secret course, I feel that decolonization would just come naturally, this gives non poc students a chance to actually learn about different cultures the right way, there would be no glossing over/information being left out; instead this would encourage multicultural classes in school, and it is a harmless way to get decolonization compared to getting it the violent way. Would we not want to be better than colonizers and get what we want the peaceful way that will not cost us any lives that violence would steal away?

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For decolonized education, I believe that a decolonized school/classroom will have a safe and supportive environment that will accept, learn and respect others from different cultures/backgrounds, respect their native languages, be open-minded, and have open discussions. Based on the reading article “Decolonizing the Classroom: Lessons in Multicultural Education”, discusses the comparison between two teachers and their perspectives on multicultural education. In Mr. Anderson’s classroom, he taught basic lessons on multicultural education but negatively and ignorantly, when Wayne Au was a student in his class and during a lesson on China Mr. Anderson would pronounce the word lychee as “lee-chee” when it is pronounced as “lie-chee” according to Au, however, Mr. Anderson would ignore his student and the actual history. As for Mr. Davis’ classroom, his classes were on the Harlem Renaissance and African studies and he was more informative on the history and explained important perspectives on those concepts, discussed social issues, and more for his students to understand what is going on in society and to have an open mind. The article describes multicultural education, it is important because it will help teachers and students understand culture and diversity, equality, and value others; and as for students in different cultures for them to be involved and feel comfortable with the support given in the education field.

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In my personal opinion, I think education can not be decolonized but it all depends how each institution decides to do it. You can follow it or not. As mentioned in the article, “The Wretched of the Earth”, the colonized world is a world divided into two. I think this is very true for us who live in a society where there are rich and poor. We can all be in a classroom with a mix of race, skin color, and identity. But the set of roles that are formed is really important that needs to be followed.Many students can have total access of certain things but it all depends where.   In order to have a set classroom it needs to be formally created and as mentioned it all depends on who is superior and where exactly they are located/

Decolonized education can differently look like students who are only in the computers and refuse to pay attention to their students or even come whenever they feel like it. I think this generation is going through it all as well when some kids refuse to go to school and hang out with their friends in other places thinking it is okay.

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If I were to imagine a decolonized school, it would be diversified. In terms of the curriculum, the school lunch menus, and the school dress code. There would be no dress code, appropriate, non-revealing clothing of course but, I would allow students to display their individuality. There would be no standards on hairstyles, like I've heard about in some schools. The students would be allowed to color their hair, etc. The school lunch menu would include Spanish dishes, Indian dishes, Asian dishes, African dishes and more. It would not be the typical chicken nuggets, pizza and burgers that are usually served to American students. The curriculum would be changed entirely. It would not include excessive Eurocentric history and make it seem like the white race was a savior for all. It would be truthful as to what positions they held and the consequences of their actions. Racism, sexism, capitalism, etc. I believe that children should be told the truth, not have this hidden from view. Of course, it would be distributed at the appropriate ages but there would be more diverse history. The textbooks would include more races and be shown in a positive light. Teachers would have to take a diversity course in order to teach at my school. They would learn to be more aware of other cultures, be open minded and be more creative to keep students engaged. I would expect all the teachers to use Mr. Davis's teaching method from the reading "Decolonizing the Classroom: Lessons in Multicultural Education" by Wayne Au. His curriculum was multicultural, inclusive and he kept his students engaged. It went against the "normal" teachings in American schools. It encouraged students to be open to other cultures different than their own and encouraged differences. On the other hand, Mr. Anderson taught strictly Eurocentric curriculum, it was not inclusive and a conversation about lychee invalidated the students' personal experience. In the reading, "Concerning Violence" by Franz Fanon, the quote that stood out to me the most was "For they know, they are not animals. And at the very moment when they discover their humanity, they begin to sharpen their weapons to secure its victory". I believe that the perspective of some teachings in America is oppressive. Fanon is simply saying that once we find our true identities, if we have access to it, we will fight for it. I know this is cliche, but knowledge is power. But with little knowledge, there's little to no resistance. This explains why true education is taken away within the colonizers process of erasure. Once people know too much, they will resist and the people at the top know that. It makes sense why Franz Fanon's book was removed from the shelves lol They were afraid of this man's logic.

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According to the class readings, we have tackled how schools have assumed the nature of settler-based colonial influence against our traditional stereotypes. Therefore it is necessary to picture how a decolonized education system can be organized. For instance, a decolonized classroom can be simple to the extent of considering students' opinions during focused class discussions; when you give students from different cultural diversities to share ideas, a relative cultural environment is created, making everybody feel recognized. Rather than depending on the written contents from textbooks regarding settler colonialism teaching perspectives, an educator can utilize the student's experiences as basic learning elements based on social facts. This learning methodology helps students own the learning activities directly attributed to their real-life situations meaning that their theoretical concepts and social experiences are significant during the class discourse. Decolonizing schools begins with appreciating people's traditions and beliefs regarding their way of life.

A free learning environment can be achieved by asking how students feel about contemporary topics and responding to open questions to connect with their life experiences. When students' conversations lead to debating influence regarding course topics, brainstorming concepts based on a wide scope is the objective decolonizing initiative. Learning environments that do not champion the role of students in the contribution of discourse and exchange of concepts limit the collective action of the class on shaping education identities for colored people (Au, 2009). Again, recognizing students' language diversities is another way of promoting decolonized education system.

Most teachers emphasize English as a key language for learning institutions, thus outlooking the influence of primary languages rich with students' culture. The institution can implement a dual program so students can not feel deprived of their native language. It is not necessarily that the educator must understand the diversified languages; on the contrary, allowing the student access to a resource that would enable capacity building on their language would decolonize the learning environment (Tuck, 2012). Finally, decolonized classroom enables teaching students depending on indigenous learning materials to break down cultural bodies of knowledge. Visioning how decolonized education programs can look helps us to develop cognitive attitudes regarding the expected social reality for future academicians.

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Decolonization means to undo colonialism which is the process of settlers and colonialism who try to take over and establish dominance and control over land and its inhabitants, for example, culture and language, and customs. I think it is possible to decolonize education while we were discussing decolonization in class and reading the article both “Decolonization Is not a Metaphor” By Eve Tuck and “Decolonizing In the Classroom Multi-Cultural Education by Wayne Au talks about how you can make changes or how it can be difficult the unfairness of colonialism. For example, In the article by Wayne Eu talks about Wayne Being an Asian kid who attended a world History Honors class his teacher white Mr. Anderson pronounced a word in China Lee-Chee which is pronounced Lie-Chee. How Ms. Anderson's way of teaching miss educated students about the history and   African American culture. Professor Anderson would sometimes teach history and disclose the most important parts or would not explain history happening taught history that was demanded at the district he also disclosed students from learning or teaching an important part of history. Compared to the other professor Mr. Davis he was more inclusive when it came to talking about historical civilization, the Renaissance, and segregation. But to get into his class you had to learn and not the curriculum to take it. Asian Wayne became a professor teaching history to all multicultural students, showing decolonization. I feel like when it comes to decolonization there are a lot of steps and actions that need to be taken into consideration to bend or make a change in the schools for the better.

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A decolonize school would mostly look like a classroom where both people of color and white students are separated from each other in the same classroom. However, the students of color would receive less support from teachers whereas the white students would receive most of the support. Therefore education for many students of color would not be given if the system was decolonized. According to Fanon where he shows how decolonization is where it is defined as the "Last Shall be First" where it means how many individuals who are migrants or African American would be separated from the whites that would led them to experience racism, dissemination, etc. Many of these specific group would most likely not receive support from schools or any government assistance compared to the whites. most migrants and people of color are more likely to struggle from hunger if the system they live in becomes colonized. Another example from another article where it shows how many students felt uncomfortable from two different classroom teachers who taught about history. For example, many students who took Mr. Anderson's class would experience racism and incorrect details given by the teacher himself whereas Mr. Davis is class is well organized and more understood about history that will allow the students to understand exactly what was history all about. Therefore, students would have a better understanding in academic learning from Mr. Davis's class compared to Mr. Anderson. Therefore, these two articles can relate to how what would happen if education is decolonized

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I think its possible to decolonize education simply by just removing past history and clearly implementing new strategies. For example we can examine the flaws and limitations and biases of the current curriculum, the gaps in initial teacher preparations and the political and social legacies of colonialism and how they have impacted educational policies can all be a  the process of decolonizing education. Also I think standing your ground in your classrooms would be a must in order to decolonize the education of your system and just factoring out cons and turning them into pros for all. I think a decolonized education might look like Having educators of color in the classroom which can benefit all kids, not just those of color. It's also critical to have knowledge about and exposure to cultures other than your own. Everyone is better able to comprehend the histories, viewpoints, and modes of existence of one another. Decolonizing education can uncover unconscious biases. Students intellectual vision broadens to include diverse ethnic, racial, social and cultural perspectives, also preparing for a multicultural and diverse environments.

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On decolonizing education - Karen Solano 

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On decolonizing education - Karen Solano 

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I think that it is possible to decolonize education but based on the discussion we had in class today it needs to be organized and as Frantz Fanon stated decolonization is a violent event in order for the reborn of human beings therefore in order to achieve this there has to be a revolution in order to fully challenge the institutions/agents that have caused racism, sexism, poverty and inequality in order then for the students to receive a great education where the curriculum is based on wanting to expand students minds and not alienate them just for the benefit of the economic system but instead for the collective benefit/ unity of all.

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Based on the first question, I believe that it is not possible to decolonize education because the foundation of education has come from colonial settlers. I think some subjects such as English, History, and Language classes wouldn't be so essential to our learning curriculum without settlers constructing a plan of what we should learn. For example from the reading "Decolonizing the class," we learn about one Asian student's experience in school and how they struggle to feel included in their education. We witnessed how when the student wanted to correct her teacher on his lesson about her culture, it was deemed as unright or unappreciated. This connects to the second article "Decolonization is a metaphor," stating how settler colonization causes many aspects of society to be seen as justified since it is seen as settlers contributing to the production of the 'natural' world. Which is an ideology that is hard to believe or unsee. An ideology, so strong that decolonizing education seems impossible because we would have to alter and reteach material that may have been hidden for years or may not be able to be found now.

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While in class we have been discussing how schools are based in settler colonialism, it can be good to explore and imagine how a decolonized education might look like. A decolonized classroom can be as simple as shifting towards allowing students experiences to be involved in the classroom discussions. Allowing students from different cultures to share their experiences creates an environment where, one, students of all backgrounds feel safe and accepted and two, allow students to gain a different perspective. Instead of relying so much on textbooks that are based in settler colonialism, use the importance of the students' lived experience to engage with them and show them that they are not an outsider. Their perspectives and experiences do matter. This can be achieved through asking open ended questions to students and forming connections with students. As well, sometimes letting the conversations shift a little off topic because maybe that student's perspective can open a deeper, more important conversation for the class. Classroom environments that do not involve the students “create environments where not only are white students miseducated, but students of color feel as if their very identities are under attack” (Au 2009). Accepting students native languages in the classroom is another way to decolonize education. Lots of teachers don’t help students that are just learning English and look at their primary language as a hindrance. Schools offering dual language immersion programs would be great to ensure the student can be engaged and not completely take away their language from them. A teacher that understands and doesn’t look at their primary language as a barrier but instead connecting with the student and giving them access to resources would be a part of  a decolonized classroom. Lastly, a decolonised classroom would teach students about Indigenous peoples by showing movies, reading real life stories from Indigenous peoples, and having discussions about their culture. In education now “Indigenous peoples are included only as asterisks, as footnotes into dominant paradigms of educational inequality…” (Tuck and Yang 2012). Envisioning how a decolonised classroom may look helps us to see in what ways the education systems need to change to one day make this a reality.

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For this week's prompt, choose one of the following questions to respond to (and be sure to include at least two readings to support your response from this unit).

1. Debate whether it is possible to decolonize education. Please remember that the premise is that formal education as we know it is directly traceable to settler colonialism.

2. Explore and imagine what a decolonized education might look like. This can be a decolonized classroom or even a decolonized school (or no school at all!)