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- ‘Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education – Pedagogies of Hope and Social Justice’ July 18, 2023
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Hotter than July?
Joining the dots on system failure and climate justice in the era of global boiling. July 2023 has been the hottest month on planet Earth in recorded history. It included the hottest day ever (6 July) and before it even … Continue reading
Posted in climate emergency, Economics, Politics
Tagged Antonio Guterres, climate action, climate emergency, climate justice, climate transition, crisis, decarbonising, Ed Hawkins, fossil fuels, heatwave, Just Stop Oil, just transition, net zero, poverty, social justice, Sustainability, United Nations
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Rethinking work
What is work? Work is organised and purposeful human activity, some of which is waged and commodified. How work is defined, who does it, how it is valued and organised, by whom and for whom and how it impacts on … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Education, Politics
Tagged Andre Gorz, capital, capitalism, commodification, David Graeber, Democracy, doughnut economics, ecological economics, economy, employment, Equality, Hilary Wainwright, human capital, human capital theory, Kate Raworth, labour, labour market, Lucas workers plan, Mondragon co-operatives, post-capitalism, production, productivity, Robin Hahnel, social justice, value, work
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Educating for political literacy in an age of crisis.
“Who’s Afraid of Political Education?” The Challenge to Teach Civic Competence and Democratic Participation. Edited by Henry Tam. Policy Press, 2023 One of the key purposes of education is to help people acquire the knowledge and skills to participate and … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education policy, Politics, Reviews, Teaching and learning
Tagged agonism, Bernard Crick, capitalism, Chantal Mouffe, citizenship education, climate emergency, co-active, co-construction, Colleges, crisis, criticality, curriculum, Democracy, Diane Reay, Education, Equality, further education, global citizenship, human capital theory, John Dewey, Neoliberalism, Paulo Freire, political education, political literacy, politics, populism, schools, social justice, systemic crisis
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‘Transformative Teaching and Learning in Further Education – Pedagogies of Hope and Social Justice’
Professor Vicky Duckworth and Professor Rob Smith From a conversation the authors had with Eddie Playfair as part of the Association of Colleges Quality, Teaching and Learning conference in December 2022. Eddie Playfair: I’m delighted to welcome Vicky and Rob … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Education policy, Reviews, Teaching and learning
Tagged Adult education, AoC, Association of Colleges, class, Colleges, critical education, criticality, dialogic education, Education, Funding Accountability and Performance regime, further education, hope, inclusion, inequality, knowledge, literacies, neuroscience, pedagogy, Rob Smith, skills, social justice, Social mobility, transformative teaching and learning, Transforming Lives, UCU, Vicky Duckworth, widening participation, working class
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Nancy Fraser’s eco-socialist common sense.
Nancy Fraser’s ‘Climates of Capital’. In the essay ‘Climates of Capital’ (2021) Nancy Fraser argues that we need to see the various major crises we face as systemic and connected, resulting from capitalism. If we are to survive and flourish, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, capital, capitalism, climate change, climate emergency, Climates of Capital, counter-hegemony, crisis, Democracy, eco-politics, eco-socialism, economy, Equality, financialization, global North, global South, Green New Deal, hegemony, inequality, markets, Nancy Fraser, nature, New Left Review, social justice, socialism, Thinking Global
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Education, social justice and survival in a time of crisis.
Based on a presentation for the CSPACE ‘1000 little fires’ conference at Birmingham City University, July 2022. A system in crisis. It is clear that we are living in a global crisis which threatens our very survival. The climate emergency, … Continue reading
Redistribution and recognition should go hand in hand.
Reading Nancy Fraser’s critique of progressive neoliberalism. Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Antonio Gramsci, authoritarianism, capitalism, counter-hegemony, crisis, eco-socialism, Equality, hegemonic bloc, hegemony, inequality, markets, Nancy Fraser, Neoliberalism, populism, progressive neoliberalism, progressive populism, reactionary populism, redistribution, representation, social justice, socialism
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