Can Education Heal? What I Learned from Working with the Eugenics Legacy Education Project (ELEP) Team on Reparative Pedagogies

In this podcast, I invited team members from the Eugenics Legacy Education Project (ELEP) to reflect on our research experience following the publication of the Eugenics Inquiry Response Group Report in 2021. Our work introduces reparative pedagogies to address and redress the historical legacies of eugenics within higher education. Our research highlights the importance of student collaboration in developing new pedagogical strategies that recognize and correct institutional injustices. We emphasize the use of culturally relevant pedagogies to ensure that our teaching methods are inclusive and respectful of diverse student backgrounds. Our aim is to provide a blueprint for how educational institutions can confront and repair historical wrongs through thoughtful and inclusive educational practices. Additionally, we hope to raise awareness beyond academia about the UCL Eugenics inquiry and the ongoing work of the Eugenics Legacy Education Project.