'Ah, but the whiteys love to talk about themselves': Discomfort as a pedagogy for change

Race Ethnicity and Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-100

  Leibowitz, Brenda ^a   Bozalek, Vivienne ^b   Rohleder, Poul ^a,c   Carolissen, Ronelle ^a   Swartz, Leslie ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Difference; Identity; Pedagogy of discomfort, higher education; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CLASS; COGNITION; HIGHER EDUCATION; IDENTITY CONSTRUCTION; LANGUAGE; RACE; TEACHING;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 77649290028     PISSN: 13613324     EISSN: 1470109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13613320903364523     Document Type: Article

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