Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University

Culturally and historically sensitive material and highly diverse student bodies challenge educators in the higher education classroom. Transformative and empowering pedagogies address how different types of learners may experience sensitive material. Critical pedagogies of care create supportive ed...

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Main Author: Noora Shuaib
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Language:English
Published: Georgia Southern University 2024-01-01
Series:International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Online Access:https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol18/iss2/10
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description Culturally and historically sensitive material and highly diverse student bodies challenge educators in the higher education classroom. Transformative and empowering pedagogies address how different types of learners may experience sensitive material. Critical pedagogies of care create supportive educational environments, compassionate teaching practices, and empower students through diversified content. Pedagogies of discomfort, a subset of pedagogies of care, push educators and students to leave their comfort zones, recognize the non-neutrality of educational processes, and confront the discomfort of challenging knowledge. When applied correctly, these pedagogies promote critical thinking and transformative action, and counter the neoliberal and white supremacist values that often exist within the classroom. Using around 1900 survey responses and 40 in-depth interviews with students and faculty, this research studies the question: to what extent are critical pedagogies of care enacted and experienced at a global liberal arts college in the Arabian Gulf?
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Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University
International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
critical pedagogy
pedagogy of discomfort
pedagogy of care
transformational learning
troubled knowledge
arabian gulf liberal arts university
title Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University
title_full Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University
title_fullStr Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University
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title_short Faculty and Student Perspectives of Critical Pedagogies of Care in an Arabian Gulf Liberal Arts University
title_sort faculty and student perspectives of critical pedagogies of care in an arabian gulf liberal arts university
topic critical pedagogy
pedagogy of discomfort
pedagogy of care
transformational learning
troubled knowledge
arabian gulf liberal arts university
url https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol18/iss2/10
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