Abstract
Critical pedagogy, which is the branch of critical theory devoted to uncovering hidden power differentials in educational settings, is too often taught in abstract terms, and future educators fail to understand its relevance to praxis in their future classrooms. As a genre, science fiction is particularly adept at helping students consider the power structures and dynamics occasioned by scientific advances. Even more specifically, science-fiction is a powerful tool for teaching future educators the fundamentals of critical pedagogy. This article provides a philosophical exploration of why science fiction is such a useful tool for teaching critical pedagogy and uses the specific example of Isaac Asimov’s Foundation series to demonstrate science fiction’s pedagogical power.
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Delamarter, Jeremy
(2024)
"Seeing the Strange: Science Fiction, Critical Pedagogy, and Future Teachers,"
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 11:
Iss.
3, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol11/iss3/4