Abstract
Believe it or not, I am much more subtle in my pedagogical work these days. I have spent over a decade teaching in higher education around the topic of social justice and the social construction of knowledge in the total institution of education. One of my first publications came out of that topic as I discussed the refusals or exclusions of citizenship in Social Education (2001). It was rather oppositional work. Now I am trying to work out how to think differently regarding ‘refusals’ with respect to Critical Pedagogy. In this chapter I will give a brief outline of my theoretical journey and share some painful insights into a Pedagogy of Strategic Confrontation in conservative spaces!
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Cary, L.J. (2012). Strategic Confrontation: Within and Against Conservative Refusals. In: Down, B., Smyth, J. (eds) Critical Voices in Teacher Education. Explorations of Educational Purpose, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3974-1_10
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