Saccucci, Brent

I am first and foremost a teacher, and love that I keep learning what it means to teach and teach well. I believe whole-heartedly in the transformative power of education for a better social world, and crucial to that is developing classrooms that centre authentic dialogue, generative discomfort, and radical relationality. As a faculty member in the Faculty of Education here at the University of Lethbridge, I teach our awesome education students in the social, cultural, and philosophical foundations of education -- illuminating how philosophical inquiry and Socratic dialogue can help us in answering vital questions for teachers today, like "What's the difference between 'playing school' and getting an education?," "Why do we have grades if teachers don't want to mark and students don't want to do the assignment?" and "Are there any circumstances where teachers should break the law?". Outside the electric atmosphere these questions bring into classroom teaching, I've also created and lead the inaugural Social Change in Schools Cohort, the first of it's kind at the UofL where we bring veteran and new teachers across Southern Alberta together equipping them with leadership and advocacy skills to enact change in their schools and communities.