Nurturing ‘Difficult Conversations’ in Education: Empowerment, Agency and Social Justice in the UK

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Katarzyna Fleming Fufy Demissie

Nurturing ‘Difficult Conversations’ in Education

Empowerment, Agency and Social Justice in the UK

Katarzyna Fleming, Fufy Demissie

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Bloomsbury Academic
08 August 2024

Moral & social purpose of education; Inclusive education & mainstreaming

Series: Bloomsbury Critical Education

This book offers a critical discussion on the necessity for 'difficult conversations' to take place in education, drawing on studies from across the UK. The editors and contributors address three key questions:

- How can 'difficult conversations' be theorised?

- What transformations in thinking and practice can occur through 'difficult conversations'? - What value do 'difficult conversations' have in enabling understanding and compassion between the diverse communities of today?

The chapters cover a range of topics including supporting children with SEND, parent and carer engagement, childhood trauma, race, disability, the climate emergency, and the researcher's positionality. The contributors draw on the theoretical work of bell hooks, Linda Alcoff, Paulo Freire, Victor Turner, Homi Bhabha, Nel Nodings, Melanie Nind, Emile Bojesen, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, Mathew Lipman, and other contemporary theories. They argue against the prevailing deficit-based perspectives about marginalized communities and invite deep thinking about the nature of oppression experienced in many spheres of education and therefore in our society. Ultimately, the book advocates for the empowerment and agency of anyone facing social inequalities through engagement in 'difficult conversations' as a means of transformation and social change.

Edited by: Katarzyna Fleming, Fufy Demissie
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350332119
ISBN 10: 1350332119
Series: Bloomsbury Critical Education
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 08 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Katarzyna Fleming is Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Fufy Demissie is Senior Lecturer in Education at Shefield Hallam University, UK.

Reviews for Nurturing ‘Difficult Conversations’ in Education: Empowerment, Agency and Social Justice in the UK

An excellent contribution to the field and takes what is often presented as a more practice-based focus into a text that is anchored in how ‘difficult conversations’ can provide an affective space where transformation in thinking and practice can take place. -- Trista Hollweck, Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada