Critical Pedagogies of Discomfort in Practice and Professional Education

Fiona Cullen is a Senior Lecturer in Education Studies at St Mary’s University Twickenham, UK.Mike Seal is the National Officer of the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work and Director of the Centre for Research into the Education of Marginalised Children and Young Adults at St Mary’s University Twickenham, UK.Michael Whelan is a Senior Lecturer in Education and Early Childhood at the University of the West of England, UK.

• Preface, Megan Boler Introduction: Critical Pedagogies of Discomfort in Practice and Professional Education, Fin Cullen, Mike Seal and Michael Whelan Part 1 The Nature and Extent of Discomfort in Higher Education1 Space for Hope: Three Lecturers’ Critical Responses to ‘Pedagogies of Discomfort’ in Childhood and Youth and Education, Rebecca Westrup, Helen McCartney and Kath Hennell 2 Teachers and Students Facing and Overcoming Discomfort During Conversations about Their Experiences, Natalie Rothwell-Warn 3 Trigger Warnings – A Youth Work Professional Education Perspective, Michael Whelan and Fin Cullen 4 Embracing Discomfort in Technology-Rich Higher Education Settings: Perspectives from Australia and England, Vicente Chua Reyes Jr and Katherine Frances McLay Part 2 Discomfort as a Pedagogy for Exploring Social Justice Issues5 Confessions in a Lecture Theatre: Preparing Future Teachers to Meaningfully Engage with Social Justice Issues in the Classroom, Ben Johnson 6 Utilizing Discomfort to Better Support Gypsy, Romany and Traveller Young People’s Experiences of Education, Sally Carr and Ali Hanbury 7 Pedagogic Comings Out: Visceral Experiences in Educating Youth and Community Workers, Mike Seal Part 3 Working with Discomfort in Practice8 Critical Pedagogy and A Pedagogy of Discomfort: Redressing Social-political Framings in Alternative Provision, Craig Johnston, Andrew Malcolm and Jodie Pennacchia 9 Embracing Emancipatory Troublemaking in/through School Based OAA and Dance, Saul Keyworth and Danny Golding 10 What Makes Them do It? Using Discomforting Pedagogies, Paula McElearney 11 Life, Death and Discomfort: Female Practitioners’ Experiences of Teaching the Topic of Abortion within Secondary Religious Education, Abigail Maguire Conclusion – Our Contribution and Future Agendas for Pedagogies of Discomfort, Fin Cullen, Mike Seal and Michael Whelan Index