Disruptive Learning Narrative Framework

Analyzing Race, Power and Privilege in Post-Secondary International Service Learning

Manu Sharma, Andrew Allen, Awad Ibrahim, Manu Sharma, Andrew Allen, Awad Ibrahim

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9781350253827
• eBook ISBN:
  9781350253803
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Comparative Education

Written by scholars and educators based in Canada and the USA, this book articulates and implements a new cutting-edge theoretical framework entitled the disruptive learning narrative (DLN). The contributing authors analyze their experiences with international service learning students using DLN to uncover important lessons about race relations, power and privilege. They offer fresh insight on how DLN is useful in understanding and unpacking controversial teaching moments abroad and provide further reflections on how others can adapt the DLN framework to meet the contextual needs of their international educational experience. The chapters offer case studies and learning from international service learning and study abroad programs in Canada, China, Columbia, Cuba, Kenya, Tanzania, and the USA. The book provides essential knowledge and insights for educators who wish to address the inherent messiness and complexity of international experiences. It will help educators and researchers to better understand the controversial and sensitive issues of race relations, power and privilege dynamics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-title Page
• Dedication Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Disruptive Learning Narrative Framework: Understanding Intense and Uncomfortable International Experiences
• 2 Investigating an International Practicum in Kenya: A Longitudinal Perspective of the Disruptive Learning Narrative
• 3 Transforming Student Imaginaries of Cuba: Disruptive Learning Approaches in Short-Term Study Abroad Programmes
• 4 Disruptive Learning Narratives: Canada to Kenya Returns
• 5 Linguistic Discomposure: Disruptive Learning Narratives and Lacan in a Short Study Abroad Programme
• 6 Navigating the Discomfort of International Teaching Placements: Resistance or Flexibility?
• 7 Helping Future Teachers Negotiate the Paroxysms of Patriotism at Home and Abroad: A Parallax View
• 8 International Experiences in the Bahamas: A Tropical Restoration Experience
• 9 Winterim in Cuba: Unlearning and Disruptive Moments
• Conclusion
• Notes
• References
• Index
• Copyright Page