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Achieving social justice within and through higher education : the challenge for critical pedagogy. / McArthur, Jan.
In: Teaching in Higher Education, Vol. 15, No. 5, 2010, p. 493-504.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Achieving social justice within and through higher education
T2 - the challenge for critical pedagogy
AU - McArthur, Jan
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - While the term critical pedagogy embraces a range of writers and literature, a common feature of all is a belief that education and society are intrinsically inter-related and that the fundamental purpose of education is to improve social justice. However there are perceptions that critical pedagogy has been more successful in critiquing educational and social practices than in achieving actual change. In this paper I explore two areas that critical pedagogy can address to move beyond critique: the importance of a movement formed by diverse elements, in which difference and disagreement are harnessed to help drive change; and the use of this diversity to direct change at a range of levels. My analysis draws specifically on literature that challenges managerialist assumptions about change as a simple, technical process, focusing instead on the complexities of the social world and the attendant complexities of achieving educational and social change.
AB - While the term critical pedagogy embraces a range of writers and literature, a common feature of all is a belief that education and society are intrinsically inter-related and that the fundamental purpose of education is to improve social justice. However there are perceptions that critical pedagogy has been more successful in critiquing educational and social practices than in achieving actual change. In this paper I explore two areas that critical pedagogy can address to move beyond critique: the importance of a movement formed by diverse elements, in which difference and disagreement are harnessed to help drive change; and the use of this diversity to direct change at a range of levels. My analysis draws specifically on literature that challenges managerialist assumptions about change as a simple, technical process, focusing instead on the complexities of the social world and the attendant complexities of achieving educational and social change.
KW - Critical Pedagogy
KW - Higher Education
KW - Theories of change
KW - Social justice
U2 - 10.1080/13562517.2010.491906
DO - 10.1080/13562517.2010.491906
M3 - Journal article
VL - 15
SP - 493
EP - 504
JO - Teaching in Higher Education
JF - Teaching in Higher Education
SN - 1356-2517
IS - 5
ER -