Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date.
The Black Lives Matter movement has placed a spotlight on racism, not just as a global phenomenon but as a feature of Irish society. Research conducted with Community Development and Youth Work students on the TU Dublin Blanchardstown campus found that some had encountered racism on placement and fe...
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| author | Brid Ni Chonaill Georgina Lawlor Noirin Macnamara Liam McGlynn Garreth Smith Sheila Coyle Mairead Cluskey |
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| description | The Black Lives Matter movement has placed a spotlight on racism, not just as a global phenomenon but as a feature of Irish society. Research conducted with Community Development and Youth Work students on the TU Dublin Blanchardstown campus found that some had encountered racism on placement and felt ill-equipped to deal with it. As a group of white lecturers working with diverse students, we sought and received funding to conduct a project during the academic year 2020/21 which aimed to embed anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of that programme. An action-research methodology using a mixed-methods approach was employed, and focus groups, surveys and reflections were used to gather the evidence base. Following an overview of the theoretical framework underpinning the work, this article charts the journey to achieve the proposed objectives: namely, to change the programme content/delivery, to increase the racial literacy and reflective practice of lecturers in terms of anti-racism, and to enable students to identify racism and empower them to respond to it. The article concludes with an analysis of some lessons learned and emerging issues from the ongoing work. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3ee451689426408e9734ffc82c773dde2024-01-24T16:42:43ZengTechnological University DublinIrish Journal of Academic Practice2009-73872022-07-0110210.21427/bt1d-9e36Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date.Brid Ni Chonaill0Georgina Lawlor1Noirin Macnamara2Liam McGlynn3Garreth Smith4Sheila Coyle5Mairead Cluskey6TU DublinTU DublinTU DublinTU DublinTU DublinTU DublinAtlantic Technological UniversityThe Black Lives Matter movement has placed a spotlight on racism, not just as a global phenomenon but as a feature of Irish society. Research conducted with Community Development and Youth Work students on the TU Dublin Blanchardstown campus found that some had encountered racism on placement and felt ill-equipped to deal with it. As a group of white lecturers working with diverse students, we sought and received funding to conduct a project during the academic year 2020/21 which aimed to embed anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of that programme. An action-research methodology using a mixed-methods approach was employed, and focus groups, surveys and reflections were used to gather the evidence base. Following an overview of the theoretical framework underpinning the work, this article charts the journey to achieve the proposed objectives: namely, to change the programme content/delivery, to increase the racial literacy and reflective practice of lecturers in terms of anti-racism, and to enable students to identify racism and empower them to respond to it. The article concludes with an analysis of some lessons learned and emerging issues from the ongoing work.https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol10/iss2/8irish higher educationwhitenesscommunity developmentyouth workpractice education |
| spellingShingle | Brid Ni Chonaill Georgina Lawlor Noirin Macnamara Liam McGlynn Garreth Smith Sheila Coyle Mairead Cluskey Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. Irish Journal of Academic Practice irish higher education whiteness community development youth work practice education |
| title | Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. |
| title_full | Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. |
| title_fullStr | Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. |
| title_short | Embedding anti-racism in the teaching, learning and assessment of the Community Development and Youth Work programme: Lessons learned to date. |
| title_sort | embedding anti racism in the teaching learning and assessment of the community development and youth work programme lessons learned to date |
| topic | irish higher education whiteness community development youth work practice education |
| url | https://arrow.tudublin.ie/ijap/vol10/iss2/8 |
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