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Teaching Grenfell

The Role of Emotions in Teaching and Learning for Social Change

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ID2323069
AuthorsL Connelly (0000-0002-9564-9106, University of Salford, corresponding author), Remi Joseph-Salisbury (0000-0003-1608-1477, University of Manchester), Remi Joseph–salisbury (0000-0003-4668-2679, University of Manchester)
Year2019
Volume53
Issue6
Pages1026-1042
Publication date2019-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0385 • E-ISSN: 1469-8684
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0038038519841826
OpenAlexW2930722023
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited30

Although literature on the role of emotions in teaching and learning is growing, little consideration has been given to the university context, particularly from a sociological perspective. This article draws upon the online survey responses of 24 students who attended sociological classes on the Grenfell Tower fire, to explore the role emotions play in teaching that seeks to politicise learners and agitate for social change. Contributing to understandings of pedagogies of 'discomfort' and 'hope', we argue that discomforting emotions, when channelled in directions that challenge inequality, have socially transformative potential. Introducing the concept of bounded social change, however, we demonstrate how the neoliberalisation of Higher Education threatens to limit capacity for social change. In so doing, we cast teaching as central to the discipline of sociology and suggest that the creation of positive social change should be the fundamental task of sociological teaching

Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical) · Political science · Social change · Social science · Sociological imagination · Sociology · Transformative learning · Critical and Liberation Pedagogy · Critical Race Theory in Education · Innovative Teaching Methodologies in Social Sciences

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Unique citing works11
Citations per year2.2
Citation span2021 - 2026 (6)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 9

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