Kontopodis, M and Jackowska, M (2019) De-centring the psychology curriculum: Diversity, social justice, and psychological knowledge. Theory and Psychology, 29 (4). pp. 506-520. ISSN 0959-3543
Abstract
The psychology curriculum has close ties to the histories and cultural traditions of industrialised societies’ white middle-class populations, so it is unclear how it may reflect the interests and values of students from a variety of ethnic, racial, and socio-economic backgrounds in contemporary higher education settings. To address this question, we established an innovative research project of de-centring the psychology curriculum, so that BA students from diverse backgrounds could familiarise themselves with cultural-historical, postcolonial, feminist, and other critical psychological approaches as well as reflect on the histories, contexts, and epistemologies of classic developmental psychological theories and research. We conducted focus group discussions with the students to explore their views on the introduced contents and approaches. The findings of our research form the basis for critical reflection on the possibilities and challenges of de-centring the psychology curriculum in contemporary university settings.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2019, The Author(s). This is an author produced version of a paper published in Theory and Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | class; cultural identity; decoloniality; higher education; race |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Education (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Jan 2019 16:30 |
Last Modified: | 14 Aug 2019 15:04 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0959354319858419 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:141693 |