scholarly journals An Educational Response to the Issue of Online Pornography for Schoolboys: The Case of Participatory Action Research in Lithuania

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irmantas Sujeta ◽  
Jonas Ruškus
Keyword(s):  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Gender Socialization ◽  
Rapid Rise ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Educational Approach ◽  
Educational Discourse ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Real Challenge

The rapid rise of online pornography has become a real challenge for educators dealing with the daily use of online pornography amongst schoolboys. Many researchers stress that online pornography has become a significant factor in gender socialization, reinforcing traditional constructions of men’s power over women in terms of hierarchy, objectification, submission and violence. There is a lack of educational discourse on how schools react or otherwise respond to the use of online pornography. In this paper, the case of participatory action research, implemented in one Lithuanian school, is presented as an educational approach for critical consciousness education of schoolboys with regards to online pornography. The outset of critical consciousness education is the students’ own experiences and lifeworlds wherein students and educators can jointly recognize and challenge the oppressed subjectivities and oppressive circumstances.

Popular education and its roots

2020 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Marjorie Mayo
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
International Development ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
Popular Education ◽  
Paulo Freire ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
Contemporary Context

Competing definitions of the concept of popular education are summarised, showing how the concept has been developed from different perspectives – and then applied in varying ways, in practice. This sets the context for the discussion of popular education as the basis for developing critical consciousness and social transformation. The chapter goes on to summarise the legacies of previous critical educationalists in USA and elsewhere, including the contributions of British experiences and approaches. These legacies have contributed to the thinking of the legendary Brazilian Paulo Freire and others, in the contemporary context. The final section explores the roots of participatory action research, as these have been developed in India, Latin America and elsewhere, in international development contexts.

scholarly journals Exploring the Impact of Critical Pedagogy: Do Preservice Teachers Develop Critical Consciousness when Taught by Critical Pedagogues?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-100
Author(s):  
Barbara Pollard
Keyword(s):  
Preservice Teachers ◽  
Action Research ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Preservice Teacher ◽  
Participatory Action Research ◽  
Critical Consciousness ◽  
University Education ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Participatory Action ◽  
The Impact

The study utilized participatory action research and grounded theory methods and methodology to explore how critical pedagogy, as practiced by a small group of university education professors, shapes and influences the development of a critical consciousness among preservice teachers. Although there were some ‘conscious raising’ learning experiences, which are highlighted in this paper, the majority of preservice teachers exited the program with limited levels of critical consciousness. This paper discusses some of the pedagogical practices that hindered and enhanced preservice teacher conscious raising as well as the exit data which conveyed three variant levels of critical consciousness.

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