Reflexivity and critical pedagogy / Anne Ryan, Tony Walsh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ryan, Anne, 1953- author.

Walsh, Tony, 1951- author.

Series:

International Issues in Adult Education ; 27.

International issues in adult education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reflective learning.

Critical pedagogy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Critical pedagogy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 145 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright page

Contents

Foreword / Peter Mayo

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

Reflexivity and Critical Pedagogy

Discourse / Anne B. Ryan

Reflexivity and the Emotional Dimension of Adult Learning / David McCormack

Seeing the Wood and the Trees / Tony Walsh

Reflexive Practice and Transformative Learning / Anne Ryan and Conor Murphy

Reflexivity and the Pedagogy of Surprise / Peter Hussey

Reflexive Learning for Active Citizenship / Michael Murray

Negative Capability and Epiphany Moments in Reflexive Practice / David McCormack

Stories, Reflexivity and the Search for Meaning / Mary B. Ryan.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-38450-2

OCLC:

1060183217

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004384507 DOI