Race in education
Gerhard Maré (Author, Editor)
There is global evidence that “ghosts” of notions of essentialist differences between human “groups” continue to haunt in various forms. People draw upon ideas of religion, race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and nation to draw distinctions.
eBook, English, 2019
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AFRICAN SUN MeDIA under the SUN Press imprint, [Stellenboch], 2019
1 online resource
9781928480150, 1928480152
1121159021
Intro
Contents
Acknowledgements
An introduction
01: Perceptions on socially just pedagogies in higher education
Theoretical framework
Context of the study
Interviews with academics
Interview schedule
Findings of the interviews
Higher educators' perspectives on social justice
Discipline-related and institutional views of social justice
Philosophical/theoretical conceptions of social justice
Uneasiness with the concept of social justice
Perspectives on critical, compassionate citizenship
Practising social justice in teaching Content and strategies used in socially just pedagogies
Issues of privilege and disadvantage in socially just pedagogies
Students' material circumstances and neoliberal university structures
Discussion and implications
Conclusion
References
02: Exploring being human today
Context of the intervention
Aims of the research
How the data were collected
The intervention programme
The Digital Storytelling module
The Philosophy for/with Children module
The Literature Review module
Results of the research 1. Was there any change in students' attitudes to difference as a result of these modules?
2. How, if at all, did these modules develop students' personal and professional attitudes and skills to equip them to address issues of difference in the classroom?
3. How could we adapt and improve our pedagogy in ways that would make a focus on difference more explicit?
Structural integration
Sequence
Social integration
Ethical considerations
Discussion and conclusion
References
Appendix A
Respect Questionnaire
Appendix B
Open-ended Questionnaire 03: Non-racialism, racialism, racism
Non-racialism
Why talk to young people?
Dreaming Workshops
Things they dream of ..
What they think about their dreams
Non-racialism, racialism and racial stereotypes
Racial identities
Race and culture
Racial classification and discrimination
Defending privilege
Forms of togetherness, anti-essentialism and negotiating difference
Taking responsibility
Concluding thoughts
References
04: Racial classification and the spectre that haunts
The formation of subjects: a coloured category
A project of ruination Debris and ruins
Conclusion: the spectre that haunts
References
List of contributors
Volumes in the series