Letting Go: A Departure from Liberal Moral Education, Embracing Teacher Transformation, & Evolving Pedagogies of Resistance

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dc.contributor.authorHarvey, Lyndze Caroline
dc.contributor.supervisorMcDonough, Graham
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-09T18:35:09Z
dc.date.available2015-09-09T18:35:09Z
dc.date.copyright2015en_US
dc.date.issued2015-09-09
dc.degree.departmentDepartment of Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts M.A.en_US
dc.description.abstractContemporary, mainstream moral education in North America teaches students to be compliant rather than skilled in moral consciousness. The Myths of Moral Education, illustrated as ‘Necessity,’ ‘Neutrality,’ ‘Liberal Subjectivity,’ ‘The Good,’ and ‘Dissent,’ maintain a system of control. Through a Foucaudian lens, I address, within common teaching practices, the presence of productive power and oppression, possibilities for subversive action, and propose an abandonment of liberal moral education. Counter-arguments are explored in a discussion on the control/chaos dichotomy and a dismantling of dissent as a tool of a liberal paradigm. Using a pedagogical framework influenced by bell hooks and Paulo Freire, I argue that what must occur, before taking on pedagogical change, is a teacher transformation through a Praxis of ‘Letting Go’. Finally, I present an alternative to education’s preoccupation with compliance through Pedagogies of Resistance; a three-part approach that assesses power, promotes compassion, and creates space for empowerment.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0727en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0998en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0530en_US
dc.description.proquestemaillcharvey@uvic.caen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/6679
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/2.5/ca/*
dc.subjectResistanceen_US
dc.subjectMoral Educationen_US
dc.subjectTeacher Transformationen_US
dc.subjectPoweren_US
dc.titleLetting Go: A Departure from Liberal Moral Education, Embracing Teacher Transformation, & Evolving Pedagogies of Resistanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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