ERIC Number: EJ1373439
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 21
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ISSN: ISSN-1541-3446
EISSN: EISSN-1552-7840
(De)Colonizing Pedagogy: Possibilities and Tensions in Undergraduate Transformative Learning through Simulation
Carrick-Hagenbarth, Jessica; Maton, Rhiannon M.
Journal of Transformative Education, v21 n2 p262-282 Apr 2023
This article employs transformative learning and decolonial theories to investigate the efficacy of simulation pedagogy for undergraduate student learning about refugees and the internally displaced. The simulation of refugee experience was adapted from the Doctors Without Borders' "Forced From Home" exhibit and facilitated by an experienced affiliate for eighty-nine education and economics undergraduate students. Data include surveys, debriefing discussions, and written reflections. We ask: Does simulation pedagogy support transformative learning toward the decolonial goals of recognizing and deconstructing current power relations? How or how not? Overall, we find that simulation pedagogy successfully supports initial stages of transformative learning through engaging a combination of kinesthetic (body), affective (heart), and cognitive (mind) realms to shift students' perspectives and knowledge. Through a decolonial lens, we chronicle the strengths and limitations of transformative learning processes and find that the simulation pedagogy achieved a combination of colonial and decolonial purposes.
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Transformative Learning, Refugees, Educational Theories, Simulation, Teaching Methods, Economics Education, Power Structure, Education Majors, Instructional Effectiveness, Social Change, Attitude Change, Student Attitudes, Kinesthetic Methods, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Colonialism, Educational Change, Exhibits, Physicians
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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