Title Discerning critical hope in educational practices / edited by Vivienne Bozalek, Brenda Leibowitz, Ronelle Carolissen and Megan Boler

Published New York, NY : Routledge, 2014 ©2014

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Description 1 online resource (xxii, 165 pages) Series Foundations and Futures of Education Foundations and futures of education. Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of contributors; Preface; Foreword; Introduction; PART I Critical hope in education; 1 Affective, political and ethical sensibilities in pedagogies of critical hope: Exploring the notion of 'critical emotional praxis'; 2 Teaching for hope: The ethics of shattering worldviews; 3 A pedagogy of critical hope in South African higher education; PART II Critical hope and a critique of neoliberalism; 4 "That's scary. But it's not hopeless": Critical pedagogy and redemptive narratives of hope 5 Plasticity, critical hope and the regeneration of human rights education6 Critical hope: Deconstructing of the politics of HOPE at a South African university; PART III Critical Race Theory/Postcolonial perspectives on critical hope; 7 Critical hope and struggles for justice: An antidote to despair for antiracism educators; 8 Agents of critical hope: Black British narratives; 9 Decolonizing education: Discovering critical hope in marginal spaces; PART IV Philosophical overviews of critical hope; 10 Hope: An emancipatory resource across the ages Afterword : Critical hopes -- gratitude andthe magic of encounterIndex Summary How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching, learning and social practices that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege and access across different contexts?At this millennial point in history, questions of cynicism, despair and hope arise at every turn, especially within areas of research into social justice and the struggle for transformation in education. While a sense of fatalism and despair is easily recognizable, establishing compelling bases for hope is more difficult. This book addresses the absence of sustained analyses of Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Critical pedagogy -- South Africa Affective education -- South Africa Educational change -- South Africa Hope -- Social aspects -- South Africa EDUCATION -- Essays. EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions. EDUCATION -- Reference. Affective education Critical pedagogy Educational change Hope -- Social aspects South Africa Form Electronic book Author Bozalek, Vivienne, editor Leibowitz, Brenda, editor Carolissen, Ronelle, editor Boler, Megan, editor ISBN 9781135982928 1135982929 9780203431115 0203431111 9781135982850 1135982856 1306184738 9781306184731

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