Teaching critical psychology of 'race' issues: Problems in promoting anti-racist practice

Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 54-67

  Ahmed, Bipasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conscientisation; Critical psychology; Pedagogy; Race; Racism; Reflexivity; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949214050     PISSN: 10529284     EISSN: 10991298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/casp.912     Document Type: Article

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