#DigPed Narratives in Education: Critical Perspectives on Power and Pedagogy

Perspectives on presentation and pedagogy in aid of bioinformatics education

Using live presentation to communicate the interdisciplinary and abstract content of bioinformatics to its educationally diverse studentship is a sizeable challenge. This review collects a number of perspectives on multimedia presentation, visual communication and pedagogy. The aim is to encourage educators to reflect on the great potential of live presentation in facilitating bioinformatics ed...

Sociological Influence of Critical and Social Pedagogy on Young Learners' English Education

Education, by regarding the social and critical elements can be traced back to the 20th century. Critical pedagogy was started out of the need of reforming education in a way that it would acknowledge the influence of the present social and political elements in each and every educational context. Some critical theorists applied ideas in critical theories to education in the society....

On the Consequences of the Violation of Critical Pedagogy Principles from Iranian EFL Teacher Trainers’ Perspectives

The application of critical pedagogy in educational contexts has received adequate research attention over the last decades. The main focus of this strand of research has, however, been on raising awareness of the educators. Nevertheless, little is known about the consequences of the violation of critical pedagogy principles from EFL teacher trainers’ perspectives. To begin to address this gap ...

Towards a reconciliation of Phenomenographic and Critical Pedagogy Perspectives in Higher Education through a focus on academic engagement

In this paper, we outline how the literature on phenomenography, specifically Marton and Booth (1997), and the literature that adopts a „critical approach‟, specifically Friere (1996), can be brought together to help us to understand the barriers that face students and teachers in engaging in learning and teaching in higher education. Our attempt is motivated by a wish to relate the different f...

Publication Practices and Multilingual Professionals in Us Universities: towards Critical Perspectives on Administration and Pedagogy