University of Tasmania
Browse

File(s) under permanent embargo

Embedding diversity in a university justice curriculum

journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-21, 05:51 authored by Hayes, S, Carpenter, B, Jess RodgersJess Rodgers
This paper reports on an action-learning project conducted within the first year criminal justice curriculum in an Australian university. The project was initiated after an audit of first year units and student feedback revealed that there were gaps in the curriculum that possibly were disadvantaging certain groups of students, including mature, international, queer and disabled students, rendering them invisible. Official (university controlled student surveys and other feedback mechanisms) and anecdotal feedback found that at least some students in these groups felt disenfranchised; that is, unable to relate to either the subject mater, other students, or the university setting itself. As a school in which social justice provides the context for learning about criminal justice, first year subject coordinators as a group came to recognise the need for embedding diversity in the curriculum.

History

Publication title

The International Journal of Diversity in Education

Volume

12

Pagination

103-122

ISSN

2327-0020

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Common Ground Research Networks

Place of publication

United States

Rights statement

© 2013 the author(s)

Repository Status

  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Higher education; Inclusive education

Usage metrics

    University Of Tasmania

    Exports

    RefWorks
    BibTeX
    Ref. manager
    Endnote
    DataCite
    NLM
    DC