The Emancipatory Potential of Education: A Critical Tradition in the Philosophy Education

2020 ◽  
pp. 192-202
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Sokhranyaeva ◽  
◽  
Ivan D. Zamotkin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Emancipatory Education ◽  
Critical Tradition ◽  
The Individual

The article attempts to reconstruct the critical tradition in the philosophy of edu­cation on the basis of a review of studies in which education is analyzed from the critical perspective, addressing such issues as deformation of the meanings of education, dehumanization of educational relations, legitimization inequality by means of education. This tradition is described in the article around the issue of the emancipatory potential of education as the conditions for the formation of independent mature thinking, the development of subjectivity and autonomy of the individual. The key directions of the development of critical reflection on education are outlined. Different projects of emancipatory education related to the movement of critical pedagogy are analyzed and compared. A special em­phasis is placed on the crucial for a critical tradition problems: the problem of in­strumentalism in education and the problem of achieving equality and overcom­ing hidden mechanisms of power in the educational relations. The article concludes with demonstrating the relevance of the critical tradition in the analy­sis of education for understanding modern trends in education associated with the dominance of neoliberal logic in assessing its effectiveness.

Critical Pedagogies in PETE: An Antipodean Perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 316-332 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rod Philpot
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Ministry Of Education ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
New School ◽  
Physical Education Teacher Education ◽  
Critical Pedagogies ◽  
Pete Programs

In the 1990s, New Zealand and Australia rolled out new school physical education curriculums (Ministry of Education, 1999, 2007; Queensland School Curriculum Council, 1999) signaling a significant change in the purpose of physical education in both countries. These uniquely Antipodean1 curriculum documents were underpinned by a socially critical perspective and physical education teacher education (PETE) programs in both countries needed to adapt to prepare teachers who are capable of engaging PE from a socially critical perspective. One way they attempted to do this was to adopt what has variously been labeled critical pedagogy. Critical pedagogies as a label is something of ‘big tent’ (Lather, 1998) and this paper reports on the published attempts to operationalize critical pedagogy and its reported success or otherwise in preparing teachers for the expectations of the socially critical oriented HPE curriculum in both Australian and New Zealand.

Selfies

2018 ◽  
pp. 75-102
Author(s):  
Ayşe Aslı Sezgin
Keyword(s):  
Visual Culture ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Digital Culture ◽  
Cultural Environment ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Social Media Network ◽  
The Disappeared

In this study, digital culture emerging with new communication technologies after oral culture and the written culture will be examined in a critical perspective with the example of selfie. As expressed previously, many studies conducted with the same content has focused on the individual psychological effects of selfies. But study will be focusing on the social effects of selfies which are considered as a new visual culture of the new digital society in this study. The new cultural environment in Turkey created by the selfies in which the impacts of globalization can be observed is being discussed in this study and it will try to evaluate the sociological dimensions of selfies shared publicly by the most widely followed users in Instagram which is among the social media network based on visualization while highlighting the disappeared properties of oral and written culture

scholarly journals Sustainability Assessment: Exploring the Frontiers and Paradigms of Indicator Approaches

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 824 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomás B. Ramos
Keyword(s):  
Sustainability Assessment ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Assessment Procedure ◽  
Exploratory Research ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Current State ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Combination Of Methods ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Global And Local

Sustainability assessment approaches could support all levels of decision-making and policy processes (including strategies, policies, plans, programs, projects, and activities/operations), thus improving the management of natural and human systems. Sustainability Indicators (SIs) have been extensively used to assess and communicate the progress toward sustainable development. However, despite all the SI initiatives and the well-known advantages and popularity, several risks have been pointed out, so there is a need to rethink the current state of SIs and build visions that could reshape the indicator reality. The main goal of this research is to develop a constructive debate around the possible futures and paths of SIs’, by conducting a critical analysis of a set of challenges and opportunities identified by the literature. This was explored through a critical perspective and viewpoint article that discusses what could be some of the new frontiers and paradigms in SIs. Exploratory research supported by a combination of methods was conducted, consisting of a search of the literature and qualitative document analysis, followed by an assessment procedure based upon an evaluation ranking scale. The classification scale integrated three main criteria of valuation: Relevancy, feasibility, and societal impacts. The findings showed that most of the challenges and opportunities analyzed are old and mainly technically oriented, with a low potential impact on society, including end-users and practitioners. The majority of the challenges have low-to-medium feasibility, showing that there would be difficulty in implementing them, and so they should be improved or redesigned. A set of key questions on SIs’ futures is proposed, aiming to represent a critical view of the relevant challenges and opportunities analyzed, but underpinned and observed from a crosscutting angle, represented by the societal role. The SI research community should be ready to adapt ways of thinking and doing, responding to new global and local paradigms and using transdisciplinary collaborative scientific development and innovation as the foundations for the change process, wherein communities and the individual have central roles to play.

Participatory and Appreciative Adult Learning and Reflection in Virtual Environments

2010 ◽  
pp. 435-450
Author(s):  
Simona Marchi ◽  
Emma Ciceri
Keyword(s):  
Adult Learning ◽  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Learning Processes ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Information Communication ◽  
Participatory Learning ◽  
Partnership Development ◽  
Individual Capacity ◽  
The Individual

Information Communication Technology, largely thanks to the development of web 2.0 resources, has encouraged the development of participatory learning processes beyond the logic of the individual learning/learners. Moreover, it has allowed the transition from a learning approach based on the development of individual capacity of critical reflection on experiences to an appreciative approach of learning, based on value creation, creativity, innovation, and based on the valorizationof the positive aspects of individual and collective experiences. These aspects will be approached with regard to the contribution offered by PAAR’s (participatory and appreciative action and reflection) theoretical and methodological perspectives and to the most recent contributions coming from learning in virtual environments. Eventually, we will suggest a facilitating model of learning partnership development in online environments.

Aesthetics of Globalization in Daya Pawar’s Baluta: Reflexivity and Social Change in Critical Perspective

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 71-81
Author(s):  
Peter Ndambiri Murage ◽  
Justus K. S. Makokha
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Position ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Social Changes ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
The People ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Lower Castes ◽  
Point Of Intersection

This article seeks to discuss the point of intersection between globalization and localization. The study is aimed at discussing the effects of globalization on the lives and the characters exposed in Daya Pawar’s powerful book Baluta (translated in English under the same title in 2015 by Jerry Pinto). The characters, who are otherwise well rooted in the traditions practised in their localities, are forced to adapt to the strong waves of change occasioned by modernity. Globalization has occasioned migrants to settle in the localities of Kawakhana and the neighbouring regions. Consequently, popular social joints have sprung up in these localities, prompting the lives of characters to change drastically. Social vices such as betting, alcoholism and prostitution have risen drastically with the increase in clubs, betting dens and brothels. The individual lives of the dwellers of Kawakhana have deteriorated with increased modernization and urbanization. On the brighter side, modern schools have become more popular, with the parents seeing the need of taking their children to school. This element of social change has resulted to the emancipation of the people in the lower castes—the Mahar. Through education, the children of the Mahar have gained economic empowerment, enabling them to break the yoke of tradition that has relegated them to the inferior social position. It is in light of these drastic social changes that this article seeks to explore the aesthetic manifestation of globality, reflexivity and social change.

scholarly journals Bybelse modelle van die huwelik: ’n Kritiese perspektief

2007 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anet E. Dreyer ◽  
Andries G. Van Aarde
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Recent Debate

Biblical models of marriage: A critical perspective The Christian marriage finds itself in a crisis. Churches worldwide are struggling to find answers to address the problem in their communities. The book of Adrian Thatcher “Marriage after modernity, Christian marriage in postmodern times”, is a resent publication which endeavours to formulate guidelines for marriage in postmodern society. This article is an attempt to give an overview of, as well as a critical reflection on the Biblical models as identified in his research. Although Thatcher’s “models” are of utmost importance in the recent debate, it is necessary to select certain perspectives within his models that are still applicable in postmodern times. This first article describes and evaluates his models, whilst the second article focuses on the relevancy thereof in postmodern times.

OMG – German Legal Dogmatics!

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Windel
Keyword(s):  
Critical Reflection ◽  
Tort Law ◽  
Contract Law ◽  
Civil Procedure ◽  
Bankruptcy Law ◽  
Legal Questions ◽  
Legal Thinking ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Scholarly Collaboration

OMG – German Legal Dogmatics! Whoever listens closely to presentations by German legal scholars at international conferences will inevitably hear someone uttering this quiet but distinct sigh. Is it really that dire for us and our peculiar legal thinking? No: This collection of speeches given abroad proves how much we can still contribute to scholarly collaboration and systematic analyses of fundamental legal questions. The individual topics covered in this book range from a critical reflection of the school of legal dogmatics to general provisions of the pandect system, contract law, tort law, civil procedure, and bankruptcy law.

Pedagogical stylistics, literary awareness and empowerment: a critical perspective

2010 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Zyngier ◽  
Olivia Fialho
Keyword(s):  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Political ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Pedagogical Orientation ◽  
To Come ◽  
Literary Awareness

Based on the premise that stylisticians who are involved with teaching should be aware of the pedagogical orientation and reading paradigms which inform their practice, this article questions whether critical pedagogy can dialogue with stylistics as an approach to working with literary texts in the classroom. The theoretical claims are illustrated with examples from two Literary Awareness workshops in an EFL situation. The argument leads to the conclusion that irrespective of the political orientation and a rather romantic view of education, some of the ideas proposed by critical pedagogy can still contribute to the area of pedagogical stylistics in the years to come. The article concludes with a recommendation for more empirical research in the area.

Gloria's Story and Guatemala's Faith: Adulterous Concubinage, Law, and Religion

2006 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 441-446
Author(s):  
M. C. Mirow
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Unintended Consequence ◽  
The State ◽  
Law And Society ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Institutional Forces ◽  
The Individual

John Wertheimer, the author of “Gloria's Story,” has produced a complex and absorbing text that skillfully guides the reader through the microhistory of Gloria's concubinage to an enhanced appreciation of the greater legal, social, and institutional forces at play in mid-twentieth century Guatemala. Using Gloria's story to shift into more general observations about law and society in Guatemala, Wertheimer states that laws can “affect behavior by establishing incentives and disincentives for different types of action and by reinforcing or undermining different values.” Wertheimer reads the legal records involving Gloria and her family to write her story from the dominant critical perspective of gender and class. He notes the way in which class distinctions played into the creation and maintenance of concubinages and the manner in which gender stereotypes bolstered such institutions. It is all exacting yet comfortable stuff for us to read. “Yes, yes, of course, exactly” we nod as we read of the individual and institutional gendered oppression meted out on Gloria and her children by Julio and the state. Nonetheless, Wertheimer's analysis delves deeper: Gloria may have gained in status and stability through her concubinage, and liberal reforms such as decriminalizing adultery and casting out distinctions between legitimate and illegitimate children may have had the unintended consequence of strengthening the institution of adulterous concubinage.

scholarly journals #DigPed Narratives in Education: Critical Perspectives on Power and Pedagogy

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzan Koseoglu ◽  
Aras BOZKURT
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Social Network Analysis ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Critical Pedagogy ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Mixed Methods Study ◽  
Knowledge Gap ◽  
Critical Perspective ◽  
Educational Discourse

This mixed methods study addresses a knowledge gap in the nature and effects of networked scholarship. We analyze #DigPed, a Twitter hashtag on critical pedagogy, through the lens of Tufekci’s Capacities and Signals framework in order to understand (1) how educational narratives develop and spread on #DigPed, and (2) the nature of their capacities. Using Social Network Analysis and thematic analysis of content, we identify three prominent narratives in the network and discuss the network structures from a critical perspective. Based on the findings, we propose pedagogic capacity—the power to initiate a productive and potentially transformative educational discourse, within one’s self and within communities—as an additional lens to explore the spread and impact of critical narratives in education. Findings confirm the view that networked spaces are organized by hidden hierarchies marked by influence.

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