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A Critical Pedagogy of Embodied Education

Part of the Palgrave Macmillan’s Postcolonial Studies in Education Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137016447

ISBN: 978-1-349-34316-4

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Nov 10, 2015

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Chapter 1A Critical Pedagogy of Activism

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 1 –19

[Why is there a need for a book on the pedagogy of activism at this time and epoch in history and, in particular, a book that examines the learning dimensions of social justice activists as they go about their important work? I write this book in the present international environment of...
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Chapter 2Case Study Research

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 21 –36

[This chapter outlines the methodological design of the research, the research questions, the aims of the research, and the methods chosen. Using a postpositivist framework of inquiry, this qualitative study uses the theory of phenomenology to inform the research process (Denzin & Lincoln 2000)....
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Chapter 3The Politics of Adult Education

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 37 –55

[This chapter reviews a broad range of literature relevant to this study and explores three knowledge domains of education. The chapter commences by outlining scholarly approaches to popular education, radical adult education and transformative learning, and explores the foundations of these...
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Chapter 4The Lifelong Activists

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 57 –108

[This chapter gives an overview and analysis of the learning practices of nine of the lifelong activists interviewed for this study. It provides a context for the detailed case studies that will be examined later in chapter 5. The thematic analysis offers insight into the complexity of the...
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Chapter 5The Circumstantial Activists

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 109 –161

[This chapter provides a thematic analysis of interviews with the eight circumstantial activists in this study. The research shows that while there are some similarities between the learning of these activists and the learning of lifelong activists, there are also significant differences in their...
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Chapter 6Embodied Learning

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 163 –186

[This discussion chapter is the first of two and focuses on embodiment and activism. How can we understand the holistic nature of activists’ learning? Activists’ ontology is embodied, and this research demonstrates that activists learn with intention and purpose: they are “there” and act for a...
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Chapter 7Informal and Social Learning

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 187 –208

[This second discussion chapter draws on adult education theory, particularly that from the social learning tradition, known as “Situated Learning” (Lave & Wenger 1991). The chapter contextualizes social learning by introducing the concept of “communities of practice” and the theory’s...
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Chapter 8A Critical Pedagogy of Embodied Education

Ollis, Tracey

Pages: 209 –225

[This research has presented the rich and complex modes of learning that occur through the processes of social action. Current research and practice in adult education in Australia has largely underemphasized social action and radical adult education as fields of inquiry, ensuring this...

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