Discerning Critical Hope in Educational Practices

Vivienne Bozalek

ISBN 10: 0415826322 / ISBN 13: 9780415826327

Edité par Taylor & Francis Nov 2013, 2013

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Neuware - How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching and learning and social practices, that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege, and access across different contexts This book posits the notion of critical hope not only as conceptual and theoretical, but also as an action-oriented response to despair.

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• Titre: Discerning Critical Hope in Educational Practices
• Éditeur: Taylor & Francis Nov 2013
• Date de parution: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0415826322
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780415826327
• Reliure: Buch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 236 L x 160 H x 18 P (en millimètres) 236 millimètres de largeur par 160 millimètres de hauteur par 18 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 408 grammes

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How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching, learning and social practices that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege and access across different contexts?

At this millennial point in history, questions of cynicism, despair and hope arise at every turn, especially within areas of research into social justice and the struggle for transformation in education. While a sense of fatalism and despair is easily recognizable, establishing compelling bases for hope is more difficult. This book addresses the absence of sustained analyses of hope that simultaneously recognize the hard edges of why we despair.

The volume posits the notion of critical hope not only as conceptual and theoretical, but also as an action-oriented response to despair. Our notion of critical hope is used in two ways: it is used firstly as a unitary concept which cannot be disaggregated into either hopefulness or criticality, and secondly, as an analytical concept, where critical hope is engaged and diversely theorized in ways that recognize aspects of individual and collective directions of critical hope. The book is divided into four sub-sections:

• Critical Hope in Education

• Critical Hope and a Critique of Neoliberalism
  
• Critical Race Theory/Postcolonial Perspectives on Critical Hope
  
• Philosophical Overviews of Critical Hope.

Education can be a purveyor of critical hope, but it also requires critical hope so that it, as a sector itself, can be transformative. With contributions from international experts in the field, the book will be of value to all academics and practitioners working in the field of education.

À propos de l?auteur

Vivienne Bozalek is Professor of Social Work and Director of Teaching and Learning at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa.

Brenda Leibowitz is Director of Teaching and Learning at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Ronelle Carolissen is Associate Professor of Community Psychology in the Department of Educational Psychology at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Megan Boler is Professor in History and Philosophy of Education at the University of Toronto, Canada.