2003
DOI: 10.1080/0307507032000058091
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Higher Learning and the Critical Stance

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“…The purposes of Western higher education institutions (HEIs), by which we mean English speaking HEIs and those located within Western Europe, are orientated around developing students as critical thinkers and critical actors, ready to contribute to society though the innovation and creativity, engendered by critical examination of the world that surrounds them (Kreber, ; Curzon‐Hobson, ). We depict ‘Western’ reasoning as involving both critical thinking and critical being .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The purposes of Western higher education institutions (HEIs), by which we mean English speaking HEIs and those located within Western Europe, are orientated around developing students as critical thinkers and critical actors, ready to contribute to society though the innovation and creativity, engendered by critical examination of the world that surrounds them (Kreber, ; Curzon‐Hobson, ). We depict ‘Western’ reasoning as involving both critical thinking and critical being .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Det holistiska perspektivet, slutligen, vill å sin sida fånga upp många olika betydelser av kritiskt tänkande, som exempelvis kunskapskritik, reflektion och handling. Målet för högre utbildning blir då att integrera de olika beståndsdelarna för att främja utvecklingen av "en kritisk varelse" (Barnett 2015;Curzon-Hobson 2003).…”
Section: Intervjuguide Och Frågorunclassified
“…Thus, in teaching for human rights, we aimed to illustrate the ways in which power inequities can be reified by such saviour approaches to human rights, and to point out that changing the system of inequities requires awareness and action by those within positions of power, in our case, teachers and school administrators (Cardenas, 2005). However, such a level of critical reflection is difficult and required students to see themselves as incomplete and in a state of becoming and, perhaps, even culpable in maintaining a divided global social order that benefits them (Curzon-Hobson, 2003;Tallon & McGregor, 2014).…”
Section: Teaching For Human Rightsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…A central concern in the planning stages was how best to approach the development of learning opportunities that exposed teachers to developing a "critical stance" (Curzon-Hobson, 2003) on such an emotionally impactful topic as human rights. "A critical stance," wrote CurzonHobson (2003) "refers to how one encounters knowledge and how one engages with another in the pursuit of understanding.…”
Section: A Critical Stance In Teaching About Through and For Human mentioning
confidence: 99%