Notes toward a pedagogy of comfort: Inclusion and engagement in uncomfortable sites of teaching and learning
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Hickey, Andrew. 2024. "Notes toward a pedagogy of comfort: Inclusion and engagement in uncomfortable sites of teaching and learning." The Australian Educational Researcher. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00789-y
| Article Title | Notes toward a pedagogy of comfort: Inclusion and engagement in uncomfortable sites of teaching and learning |
|---|---|
| ERA Journal ID | 20008 |
| Article Category | Article |
| Authors | Hickey, Andrew |
| Editors | Riddle, S. |
| Journal Title | The Australian Educational Researcher |
| Number of Pages | 17 |
| Year | 2024 |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Place of Publication | Netherlands |
| ISSN | 0311-6999 |
| 2210-5328 | |
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13384-024-00789-y |
| Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13384-024-00789-y |
| Abstract | Accounts detailing ‘pedagogies of discomfort’ argue that unsettling the positionalities of comfortable students affords a basis for interrogating injustice. By asking comfortable students to question their privilege, pedagogies of discomfort seek to move students toward critically informed action by problematising the normative assumptions that sustain social injustice. Yet, questions remain regarding who constitutes the focus for these discomforting incursions. This paper argues that moving beyond presumptive attributions of privilege represents an important element in the enactment of inclusive modes of education that remain relevant to all students’ lives and experiences. The paper outlines an argument for a pedagogy of comfort that seeks to suspend the ascription of culpability and guilt by engaging students in critically conscious and inclusive enactments of teaching and learning that recognise schools as sites of increasing alienation and despair for all students. |
| Keywords | Pedagogies of discomfort; Privilege ; Positionality ; Social Justice; Inclusion |
| Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
| ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390203. Sociology of education |
| 441005. Social theory | |
| Public Notes | The accessible file is the accepted version of the paper. Please refer to the URL for the published version. |
| Byline Affiliations | School of Humanities and Communication |
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