Pose, Wobble, Flow

Antero Garcia is an associate professor in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University and coeditor of Speculative Pedagogies: Designing Equitable Educational Futures. Cindy O'Donnell-Allen is a full professor in the English Department at Colorado State University, where she directs the CSU Writing Project and the Colorado State Sustainable Teaching and Learning Collaborative.

Contents (Tentative)

Foreword

Introduction: What It Means to Pose, Wobble, and Flow


The Pose, Wobble, Flow Framework: What It Is and How to Use It
What Does It Mean to Pose?
What Does It Mean to Wobble?
What Is Flow?
Moving From Pose to Wobble to Flow: Two Examples of a P/W/F Cycle
Working Within the System
Working the System
Looking Ahead
Provocations
Connections1.  Leaning Toward Praxis: What It Means to Embrace a Liberatory Pedagogy


Teaching for Liberation
What Do We Mean When We Call For Liberation?
Why Teaching for Liberation Is Non-Negotiable in Today's World
What Does It Look Like to Pose, Wobble, Flow Around Liberatory Pedagogy?: An Example From Our Own Practice
What Does It Look Like to Pose, Wobble, Flow Around Liberatory Pedagogy Within Your Classroom?
What Does It Look Like to Pose, Wobble, Flow Around Liberatory Pedagogy Beyond the Classroom?
Conclusion
Provocations
Connections2.  In Praise Of "Not-Knowing": What It Means to Be a Vulnerable Learner


The Pay-Off of Being a Vulnerable Learner
Vulnerable Learning, Vulnerable Teaching
Embracing the Practice of "Bypassing": Challenging Limiting Constraints Through Innovative Curriculum Design
Building Your Stamina for Equity Work and Teaching for Trauma Resiliency
Provocations
Connections3.  Literacy as Civic Action: What It Means to Teach for Social Change


Rethinking Civics
Understanding the Why and How of Civics in Every Content Area
Developing Activities and Assignments to Cultivate Students' Critical Consciousness
Establishing a Participatory Culture of Civic Writing
Doing Civics
Addressing Power and Positionality
Tackling Controversy When You Don't Have Tenure
Conclusion
Provocations
Connections4.  Embracing Your Inner Writer: What It Means to Teach as a Writer


Assuming the Pose of Teacher as Writer
Establishing a Practice of Writing
Why Assuming a Writer Pose Matters for Educational Equity
Power in Numbers
Conclusion: So, You're a Writer. Now What?
Provocations
Connections5.  Rethinking Reading: What It Means to Curate the Curriculum


Defining Text and the Act of Reading Today
What's in Your Bookroom? Teaching Beyond a Fixed Canon
Helping Students Become Curators of Texts Themselves: The Role of Student Choice in Reading
Accessing Critical Texts: Anxiety and Frustration
Reading Passionately
Conclusion
Provocations
Connections6.  Classroom Spaces, Cultures, and Possibilities: What It Means to Be a Designer of Learning


Excavating a Space That Is Meaningful for All
Designing for Delight
Technology Mediates Space
Space, Morale, and Morality
Spilling Democratic Possibilities: Culture Beyond the Classroom
Conclusion: Space Is Not the Final Frontier
Provocations
ConnectionsConclusion What Does it Look Like?


Pose/Wobble/Flow as Politics
Striving for the UnattainableReferences

Appendix A. Pose, Wobble, Flow Template and Assignment


The Pose, Wobble, Flow AssignmentAppendix B: Summary of Poses

Appendix C: Pose, Wobble, Flow Template

Index

About the Authors