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Enabling transformation through socially just critical pedagogies in a health and wellbeing course: A South African case study.
- Source :
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment; Apr2018, Vol. 28 Issue 3, p338-354, 17p, 3 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper offers a uniquely South African (SA) perspective on a blended learning course at a contact institution. In bringing together authentic learning (AL), social justice pedagogies and technology informed by student experiences, this paper hopes to contribute to the discourse around social justice in higher education (both nationally and internationally) and the inherent tension associated with critical (transformative) pedagogies. The attention is focussed on the experiences of a class of diverse 1 year Social Work students at a Higher Education Institution (HEI), particularly exploring the tensions inherent in the Health and Wellbeing Course. We sought to establish links between theory, practice, social thought and social change and understand the tensions and oppressive ideas and practices that abound in the activity system. The findings suggest that students experienced transformed learning, which in turn, transformed their views on their choice of social work as a career. Our argument is that in social work, the most suitable pedagogy in learning design is a type of critical pedagogy that lays bare the power relations and hegemony and requires robust critical articulation and dialogue that impacts on both the educator and the student. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PSYCHOLOGY of college students
FOCUS groups
INTERVIEWING
LEARNING strategies
SOCIAL case work
SOCIAL change
SOCIAL justice
STUDENT attitudes
TEACHER-student relationships
VOCATIONAL guidance
JUDGMENT sampling
COURSE evaluation (Education)
EDUCATION theory
EDUCATIONAL outcomes
ORGANIZATIONAL goals
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10911359
- Volume :
- 28
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 128421931
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10911359.2017.1423252