The Contested Terrain of Critical Pedagogy and Teaching Informal Education in Higher Education
This review explores how critical pedagogy, often cited by educators of informal educators as a key influence, actually informs teaching of informal educators in higher education and assesses its potential to do so. It explores the background to critical pedagogy, its principles, aims and approaches...
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| description | This review explores how critical pedagogy, often cited by educators of informal educators as a key influence, actually informs teaching of informal educators in higher education and assesses its potential to do so. It explores the background to critical pedagogy, its principles, aims and approaches and examines its worldwide influence on the teaching of informal educators. The authors argue that critical pedagogy is crucial for the teaching of informal educators, enabling lecturer and practitioners to interrupt the hegemony of neo-liberal and neo-managerial thinking in their practice and in higher education, and re-orientate themselves and examine their positionality within their institutions. It will focus on practical examples of enabling critical pedagogy in the teaching of informal education in higher education institutions. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32d9105ebd0347729097fcb3f2749a9b2023-11-22T12:44:50ZengMDPI AGEducation Sciences2227-71022021-08-0111947610.3390/educsci11090476The Contested Terrain of Critical Pedagogy and Teaching Informal Education in Higher EducationAlan Smith0Mike Seal1School of Health, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds LS13HE, UKFaculty of Arts, Humanities and Professional Studies, Newman University, Brimingham B323NT, UKThis review explores how critical pedagogy, often cited by educators of informal educators as a key influence, actually informs teaching of informal educators in higher education and assesses its potential to do so. It explores the background to critical pedagogy, its principles, aims and approaches and examines its worldwide influence on the teaching of informal educators. The authors argue that critical pedagogy is crucial for the teaching of informal educators, enabling lecturer and practitioners to interrupt the hegemony of neo-liberal and neo-managerial thinking in their practice and in higher education, and re-orientate themselves and examine their positionality within their institutions. It will focus on practical examples of enabling critical pedagogy in the teaching of informal education in higher education institutions.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7102/11/9/476critical pedagogyinformal educationcurriculumassessment |
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| title | The Contested Terrain of Critical Pedagogy and Teaching Informal Education in Higher Education |
| title_full | The Contested Terrain of Critical Pedagogy and Teaching Informal Education in Higher Education |
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| title_short | The Contested Terrain of Critical Pedagogy and Teaching Informal Education in Higher Education |
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