This post summarizes the fifth Chapter of Sasha Costanza-Chock's Design Justice. I want to focus on one point in particular. "Design justice is a framework that can help guide us as we seek to teach computing, software development, and design in ways that support, rather than suppress, the development of critical consciousness and that provide scaffolding for learners' connections to the social movements that are necessary to transform our world." As readers know, I think supporting a critical consciousness is a great idea. But to me, "providing scaffolding for learners' connections to the social movements" sounds a lot like recruitment to a cause. And as much as I may support the cause, I would reiterate that recruitment is not the purpose of education.
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