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Using the pluriverse concept to critique Eurocentrism in education
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McLeod, K and Moore, R and Robinson, D and Ozkul, D and Ciftci, S and Vincent, K, Using the pluriverse concept to critique Eurocentrism in education, Proceedings of the 2022 Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, 27 November - 01 December 2022, University of South Australia, pp. 1 piece- abstract. (2022) [Conference Extract]
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Abstract
It is widely acknowledged that teachers need to interrogate and transform how
Eurocentrism underpins educational practice. This presentation argues that teachers can
actively engage with decolonial frameworks and concepts to productively expose how
Eurocentric categories of thought shape teaching practice and curriculum. This
presentation describe how six teachers "walked with" the decolonial concept of the
pluriverse (a sense of multiple coexisting differences) during collaborative reflections
about our teaching. Our research processes drew on the principles of collaborative,
reflective practice. We co-participated in conversations, which aimed to collectively
explore how the pluriverse concept intersected with our teaching and undertook
qualitative coanalysis of themes emerging across these dialogues. The presentation
outlines how employing the pluriverse concept as a companion to our reflective process
enabled us to ask critical questions about Eurocentrism in our teaching practice and
content. Our questioning, in turn, generated principles for embedding the pluriverse in
the curriculum, pedagogical approaches, and teacher dispositions. The paper discusses
what enables and hinders the pluriverse being embedded in curriculum materials and
classroom activities and the limitations of our activities in relation to the broader project
of decolonising pedagogy.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Conference Extract |
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| Keywords: | pluriverse, pedagogy, decolonisation, reflective practice |
| Research Division: | Education |
| Research Group: | Curriculum and pedagogy |
| Research Field: | Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development |
| Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
| Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
| Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in education |
| UTAS Author: | McLeod, K (Dr Kim McLeod) |
| UTAS Author: | Moore, R (Mr Richard Moore) |
| UTAS Author: | Robinson, D (Mr Duncan Robinson) |
| UTAS Author: | Vincent, K (Dr Kate Vincent) |
| ID Code: | 155126 |
| Year Published: | 2022 |
| Deposited By: | Office of the School of Social Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2023-01-30 |
| Last Modified: | 2023-01-31 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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