Reflexivity and Critical Pedagogy

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-90-04-38449-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 27, 146 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 363 g

Reihe: International Issues in Adult Education

Reflexivity and Critical Pedagogy highlights the essential nature of reflexivity in creating sites for transformative possibilities in education. The book argues that seemingly intractable epistemological inequalities are embedded within educational structures and processes and also contends that perspectives which define knowledge as a unitary truth are essentially inadequate to address current global problems. Further, it argues that people and ideas traditionally positioned outside the academy are vital to developing more effective educational interventions.

This volume stresses the influence of dominant societal discourses in creating and sustaining particular and limited definitions of knowledge. It also explores their power in delineating acceptable processes of knowledge dissemination. These discourses, whether consciously or otherwise, indwell teachers, learners and policy-makers as well as educational structures and organisations. It proposes reflexivity as the key component needed to combat such forces and one that is an essential ingredient in critical pedagogy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ryan, Anne

Walsh, Tony

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Teildisziplinen der Pädagogik Erwachsenenbildung, lebenslanges Lernen
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword

Peter Mayo

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 Reflexivity and Critical Pedagogy

Anne Ryan and Tony Walsh

2 Discourse: Some Considerations for the Reflexive Practitioner

Anne B. Ryan

3 Reflexivity and the Emotional Dimension of Adult Learning

David McCormack

4 Seeing the Wood and the Trees: Expanding the Reflexive Gaze

Tony Walsh

5 Reflexive Practice and Transformative Learning

Anne Ryan and Conor Murphy

6 Reflexivity and the Pedagogy of Surprise

Peter Hussey

7 Reflexive Learning for Active Citizenship

Michael Murray

8 Negative Capability and Epiphany Moments in Reflexive Practive

David McCormack

9 Stories, Reflexivity and the Search for Meaning

Mary B. Ryan

Über Autor(innen)

Anne Ryan, PhD (1992), Flinders University, South Australia, is Professor of Adult and Community Education, Maynooth University, Ireland. Her publications relating to critical pedagogy include 'Conscientization: The Art of Learning' in Pedagogy, Oppression and Transformation in a ‘Post-Critical’ Climate (Continuum, 2011).

Tony Walsh, DEd (2013), University of Bristol (UK), is Director of the Centre for the Study of Irish Protestantism and Co-director of the Centre for Transformative Narrative Research, Maynooth University. His publications include Writing Your Thesis: A Guide for Postgraduate Students (MACE, 2015).