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Embedding diversity in a university justice curriculum
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posted on 2023-05-21, 05:51 authored by Hayes, S, Carpenter, B, Jess RodgersJess RodgersThis 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.
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Publication title
The International Journal of Diversity in EducationVolume
12Pagination
103-122ISSN
2327-0020Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Common Ground Research NetworksPlace of publication
United StatesRights statement
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