Editorial: Walking on the edge: Educational praxis in higher education

This special issue is a collection of articles that emerged from a series of symposia on praxis in higher education, aimed at critically exploring challenges and possibilities for educational praxis, including its role in the contemporary university. The collection highlights the need for asking cri...

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Published in:Learning and teaching 2020-12, Vol.13 (3), p.v-xv
Main Authors: Langelotz, Lill, Mahon, Kathleen, Dahlberg, Giulia Messina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Education
Higher education
Metaphor
Social aspects
Sweden
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Summary:This special issue is a collection of articles that emerged from a series of symposia on praxis in higher education, aimed at critically exploring challenges and possibilities for educational praxis, including its role in the contemporary university. The collection highlights the need for asking critical and uncomfortable questions about what is and what could be in higher education. It calls for more focused attention on the consequences of what we do as teachers and university communities, both intentionally and inadvertently, so that higher education can be more socially just and responsive to student and societal needs amidst contemporary challenges. In explicating the concept of ‘educational praxis’, the editorial introduces the metaphor of ‘walking on the edge’ to illustrate the concept's ‘uncomfortable dimension’ in terms of academics’ responsibility to engage critically with challenging issues in endeavours to address educational concerns.
ISSN:1755-2273
1755-2281
DOI:10.3167/latiss.2020.130301