ERIC Number: EJ1387071
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-1468-1366
EISSN: EISSN-1747-5104
Transnational Women Academics of Colour Enacting 'Pedagogy of Discomfort': Positionality against a 'Pedagogy of Rupture'
Pedagogy, Culture and Society, v31 n3 p339-357 2023
This paper is based on personal narratives of three transnational women academics of colour, within education faculties in Australian universities. As postcolonial subjects we focus, on providing spaces for future educators, to find multiple ways of knowing, being, and relating. Reflecting upon our pedagogic practices, we analyse the empowerment afforded by our individual positionings in facilitating a deeper understanding of social justice and inclusion in our classrooms. Using collaborative autoethnography, we outline our endeavours to raise critical queries through Freire's notion of "conscientizacao." We unpack our own pedagogic frailties while enacting 'pedagogy of discomfort', as we subvert the proliferation of educational hegemonies considering it may lead to erasures of certain epistemologies. This paper conclusively highlights our efforts to ensure the creation of "conscientizacao," in ourselves and our students, while concomitantly abnegating 'pedagogy of rupture' and being mindful of our individual positionings and our students' varied contexts.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Group Teachers, College Faculty, Women Faculty, Social Justice, Inclusion, COVID-19, Pandemics, Gender Bias, Racism, Diversity (Faculty), Student Diversity, Cultural Awareness, Consciousness Raising, Inquiry
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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