1st Edition

Polarised Logics of Pedagogy: Crises, Contexts and Classrooms in the Global South

By Michele Schweisfurth Copyright 2025
152 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This novel book demonstrates the polarised logics that exist between exploring cultural, structural, political, and historical contexts as a primary focus for pedagogical research versus an interventionist agenda that isolates pedagogy and its components from their environments. Combining theoretical discussions with empirical evidence and case studies, the book provides a synthesising approach... Read more

Chapter 1:  Introduction 

Chapter 2:  Pedagogy and development in the post-COVID, mid-SDG era

Chapter 3:  Pedagogy and context, and implications for ‘best practice’

Chapter 4:  Methodologies for researching pedagogy

Chapter 5:  Researching pedagogy in the Global South: Divided epistemic communities

Chapter 6:  From agreeing to differ to differing to agree

Chapter 7:  A short chapter on scale: Can small still be beautiful?

Chapter 8:  Case studies: Projects and pedagogy across epistemic communities

Chapter 9:  What connects, works: Toward epistemic humility and meaningful action

Biography

Michele Schweisfurth is Professor of Comparative and International Education at the University of Glasgow, UK.