Critical Pedagogies of Discomfort in Practice and Professional Education
Critical Pedagogies of Discomfort in Practice and Professional Education
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This book explores the scope for discomforting pedagogies within practice and professional education contexts in order to consider the ethical challenges associated with exploring complex and sensitive areas of practice and everyday life.
Questions explored include:
· How is discomfort handled within professional training?
· What spaces remain for critical reflection, dialogue and compassionate challenge within practice and professional education spaces?
· What are the ethical implications of critical pedagogic practice in University-based professional education and other training settings?
· How does compassion and care intersect with developing critical pedagogical approaches on thorny and sensitive issues?
· How do identities and investments play out in education and training spaces, and to what effect?
· What are the limits of 'safe' space within professional education contexts?
Bringing together scholars, practitioners and students who draw on themes of social justice in their pedagogical practice, the contributors unpack the debates around how to reflect on, challenge and explore critical and sensitive issues in social justice education in professional contexts. Consideration is given to how decisions in relation to notions of safety and discomfort should be made, and who is empowered to make these decisions.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Critical Pedagogies of Discomfort in Practice and Professional Education, Fin Cullen, Mike Seal and Michael Whelan
Part 1 The Nature and Extent of Discomfort in Higher Education
1 Space for Hope: Three Lecturers' Critical Responses to 'Pedagogies of Discomfort' in Childhood and Youth and Education, Rebecca Westrup, Helen McCartney and Kath Hennell
2 Teachers and Students Facing and Overcoming Discomfort During Conversations about Their Experiences, Natalie Rothwell-Warn
3 Trigger Warnings – A Youth Work Professional Education Perspective, Michael Whelan and Fin Cullen
4 Embracing Discomfort in Technology-Rich Higher Education Settings: Perspectives from Australia and England, Vicente Chua Reyes Jr and Katherine Frances McLay
Part 2 Discomfort as a Pedagogy for Exploring Social Justice Issues
5 Confessions in a Lecture Theatre: Preparing Future Teachers to Meaningfully Engage with Social Justice Issues in the Classroom, Ben Johnson
6 Utilizing Discomfort to Better Support Gypsy, Romany and Traveller Young People's Experiences of Education, Sally Carr and Ali Hanbury
7 Pedagogic Comings Out: Visceral Experiences in Educating Youth and Community Workers, Mike Seal
Part 3 Working with Discomfort in Practice
8 Critical Pedagogy and A Pedagogy of Discomfort: Redressing Social-political Framings in Alternative Provision, Craig Johnston, Andrew Malcolm and Jodie Pennacchia
9 Embracing Emancipatory Troublemaking in/through School Based OAA and Dance, Saul Keyworth and Danny Golding
10 What Makes Them do It? Using Discomforting Pedagogies, Paula McElearney
11 Life, Death and Discomfort: Female Practitioners' Experiences of Teaching the Topic of Abortion within Secondary Religious Education, Abigail Maguire
Conclusion – Our Contribution and Future Agendas for Pedagogies of Discomfort, Fin Cullen, Mike Seal and Michael Whelan
Index
Product details
| Published | 10 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 290 |
| ISBN | 9781350452442 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 10 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 234 x 156 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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