Mike Seal is the National Officer of the Professional Association of Lecturers in Youth and Community Work, a Visiting Professor at Newman University Birmingham, UK, and Leeds Beckett University, UK, and a freelance educational consultant.

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsSeries Editor’s ForewordAcknowledgementsIntroduction: Are Hopeful Pedagogies Possible in Higher EducationSection One: Key Ideas and the Conceptual and Policy Terrain1. Key Concepts of Critical Pedagogy: How We Teach – Mike Seal, response by Alan Smith2. Critiques of Critical Pedagogy: The Post Critical– Leoarna Mathias & Mike Gilsenan, response by Joris Vlieghe3. Perspective on the possibility of Hopeful Critical Pedagogies within Higher Education – Mike Seal, response by Stephen Cowden4. The Higher Education Policy Landscape: Resistance is Possible – Sarah Parkes and Jane Beniston, response by Neil M Speirs5. The Pedagogy of Partnership – John Peters and Leoarna Mathias, response by Professor Mike NearySection Two: Hopeful Pedagogies in Higher EducationHopeful Pedagogy within Courses6. Early Years to Higher Education: Legacy and the Creation and Connection of Hopeful Spaces - Julie Boardman and Jane Beniston, response from Carol Aubrey.7. Widening the Cracks: Co- Constructing Learning Within Dialogical Spaces - Jane Beniston and Debbie Harris, response from Dr. László Varga PhD8. Preparing for an Unexpected Journey! Exploring the Experience of Teaching Critical Pedagogy through Critical Pedagogy– Helen Bardy & Mike Gilsenan, response Christine Smith 9. Academic Identities: Conversations across the Cracks – Roger Willoughby & Parminder Assi, response from Marina Tornero TarragóHopeful Pedagogies within Structures10. The ‘Rehearsal Space’: Viewing Induction and Transition Work as a Critical Pedagogy Practice - Sarah Parkes & Leoarna Mathias, response by Professor Liz Thomas11. ‘Very Much a Democratic Thing’: Enacting the Pedagogy of Partnership - Leoarna Mathias And John Peters, response by Professor Mike Neary12. Foundation Years: Undoing Discourses of Deficit - Pheobe Hall, Leoarna Mathias, Kace Mcgowan, Sarah Parkes, Samantha Snelleksz, and Mike Seal, response Dr Sarah HallBecoming the Hopeful Pedagogue13. A mindful journey – Person-Centred and Contemplative Critical Approaches to Higher Education - Ruth Roberts, response by Luca Tateo14. Rethinking Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education through a Psychosocial Lens – Pete Harris, response by Jo Trelfa15. It's been Emotional - Exploring the Emotional Impact of Critical Pedagogy Practice with Non-Traditional Students – Pauline Grace, Adella Snape and Lorna Morgan, response by Dana FuscoHopeful Pedagogies in the Spaces In-Between16. Sit Down Next To Me: Reflections On Academic Advising And Pedagogical Love - Peter Sharpe, response by Professor Paul Prinsloo17. Pushing at an Open Door… - Tina Mcloughlin, 18. Quality Assurance or Assured Silence? – Lorraine Loveland-Armour, response from Sean BrackenHopeful Pedagogies beyond the Institution19. University as Community: Breaking the Circle of Certainty. – Tina Mclouglin, Lead Rolfe and Mike Seal, response from Simone Helleren.20. College-Based Higher Education: a New Hope - Karima Kadi-Hanifi & John Keenan, response by Paula McElerneyConclusion: Hopeful Pedagogies Are Possible In Higher Education

This book is exemplary in bringing crucial pedagogical and social issues to the fore.