A humanising pedagogy: getting beneath the rhetoric

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Date
2012-12
Authors
Zinn, Denise
Rodgers, Carol
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Faculty of Education, University of the Free State
Abstract
In this article, the authors situate and make an argument for a humanising pedagogy in response to the legacy of a dehumanising past in South Africa. They describe the inquiry into a humanising pedagogy by means of mining stories of living and learning in South Africa. The authors explain how the meanings and praxis of a humanising pedagogy unfold as the story of the work unfolds. One result of the work has been a working collection of “Statements of awareness” that are authentic and significant, though still evolving, which frame a humanising pedagogy.
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Humanising pedagogy, Humanising praxis, Narrative inquiry, Liberatory education, Emancipatory methodology
Citation
Zinn, D., & Rodgers, C. (2012). A humanising pedagogy: getting beneath the rhetoric. Perspectives in Education: Rethinking citizenship and social justice in education: Special Issue, 30(4), 76-87.