“Interdisciplinary Ways to Teaching Africa for Global Citizenship” is a teacher training workshop for teachers interested in integrating the study of Africa into their classrooms. Each instructor considers methods to encourage teachers to use accessible knowledge around them, and provides tools to take back to the classroom. Participants will receive 3 credits through two 90 minute sessions. Breakfast and lunch are included.

The sessions will be held at the same time as the New York African Studies Association (NYASA) conference. After the workshop, teachers will join African studies professors and graduate students for lunch, and are invited to the Keynote Speech thereafter (optional). Those interested in participating in the rest of the conference can do so at a reduced price ($35 for the rest of Friday including dinner, $60 for Friday and Saturday going through lunch to 4pm). Register separately https://nyasa.org.

The first session, “Exploring Teaching Strategies for Analyzing Primary Sources,” will be taught by a teacher in Education. It is a “pedagogy-based workshop focuses on inquiry-based instructional strategies for teaching with primary sources, with an emphasis on resources available through the Library of Congress. Participants will explore how primary sources can enrich curriculum, increase student engagement, and help 21st-century learners develop a deeper understanding of the connections among the past, present, and future.”

The second session, “Teaching Africa: Transdisciplinary and Intergenerational Epistemologies—Issues, Problems, and Prospects” will be taught by a teacher in Africana Studies. “Our vital NYASA Professional Development session on Teaching Africa aims to demystify myths and misconceptions about Africa and African people through critical pedagogy and inclusive educational practices. For students and teachers in the United States and the Global North, this workshop seeks to bridge the knowledge gap between African Studies and other hegemonic disciplines while developing a new pattern of educational interaction grounded in equity-minded and culturally responsive teaching and practice. African ontology—the study of existence and realities; African cosmology and Ubuntu—the study of human origins, the continent’s location, and interconnectedness; African epistemology—the philosophy of knowing and transcendent truth; and African axiology—the nature of value and affirmative dignity—guide learners and teachers towards global citizenship, rather than denizenship.”