Reflexive empathy as social relation : The case for contextualised professional learning
Journal article
Weber, Lauren Alexandra, Ryan, Mary and Khosronejadtoroghi, Maryam. (2024). Reflexive empathy as social relation : The case for contextualised professional learning. Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education. 45(1), pp. 159-172. https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2023.2283700
Authors | Weber, Lauren Alexandra, Ryan, Mary and Khosronejadtoroghi, Maryam |
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Abstract | This article conceptualises studies in professional learning through the novel lens of ‘reflexive empathy’. Reflexive empathy draws on Margaret Archer’s theory of reflexivity, and positions it as an enabler of empathy to support researchers’ approaches to providing contextualised, supportive professional learning for teachers who are involved in research studies. To argue this, we reflect on the results of a funded project, informed by Archerian reflexivity, which focused on improving writing in Australian primary schools. This article argues for the need to resist neoliberal approaches to professional learning by providing agentic, contextualised programs that value teachers’ individual emotional, social, and cognitive responses to their participation in research informed co-designed professional learning. |
Keywords | reflexivity; empathy; co-design; elementary writing; teacher professional learning |
Year | 01 Jan 2024 |
Journal | Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education |
Journal citation | 45 (1), pp. 159-172 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 0159-6306 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/01596306.2023.2283700 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01596306.2023.2283700 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 159-172 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 20 Nov 2023 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 2023 |
Deposited | 16 Aug 2024 |
ARC Funded Research | This output has been funded, wholly or partially, under the Australian Research Council Act 2001 |
Grant ID | DP190101033 |
Additional information | © 2023 The Author(s). |
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License | |
Funding: This work was supported by Australian Research Council: [Grant number DP190101033]. | |
Place of publication | United Kingdom |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/90wz0/reflexive-empathy-as-social-relation-the-case-for-contextualised-professional-learning
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