1st Edition
Teaching Justice Solving Social Justice Problems through University Education
By Kristi Holsinger
Copyright 2012
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
164 Pages
by
Routledge
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Teaching Justice explores the role that teaching and learning in higher education can play in solving problems of social injustice. Examining a range of approaches to education, it considers the challenges that exist in teaching about justice, drawing on extensive empirical data gathered amongst college lecturers and professors, as well as the author's own experience. With an analysis of the... Read more
Contents: Introduction; Teaching justice; Learning justice; Personally connecting; Taking action; Assessing learning; Justice redefined; Appendices; References; Index.
Biography
Kristi Holsinger is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice & Criminology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, USA
'Holsinger's passion for teaching and justice are apparent throughout this excellent book that not only tackles difficult teaching challenges, but provides intriguing and creative solutions. Based on her own and other scholars' research, this is a smart book that provides personal and empirical strategies on how to reach, teach, and empower our students to improve the likelihood of justice.' Joanne Belknap, University of Colorado-Boulder, USA 'Teaching Justice contends that 'we teach to change the world.' Holsinger's book is a must read for those who teach in the emerging field of criminology, integrating modern research on effective learning and teaching with the unique responsibilities of those who teach future criminal justice professionals. In it, she argues that actively engaging students in pursuit of social justice is a crucial part of their development as life long learners.' Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii
