The authors argue that analyzing power imbalances, misshapen structures, and hidden assumptions are familiar critical thinking tasks for hesitant readers¶
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q1 i? Positionality work can be framed for hesitant students as critical thinking tasks they already know how to do. → Angelica Paz Ortiz 2019
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Angelica Paz Ortiz 2019¶
Angelica Paz Ortiz, Beth Tarasawa, Jack Straton, Noelle Al-Mustaifry, Anmarie Trimble. (2019). Positionality in teaching: Implications for advancing social justice. Journal of General Education 67(1), 109-121. https://www.nwea.org/research/publication/positionality-in-teaching-implications-for-advancing-social-justice/ doi:10.5325/jgeneeduc.67.1-2.0109
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The authors' argumentative claim in the abstract, offered to reassure readers hesitant to engage in positionality work; no empirical evidence is provided. They frame equity analysis as "familiar critical thinking tasks."
"A reader hesitating to do this work should remember that analyzing power imbalances, misshapen structures, and hidden assumptions are familiar critical thinking tasks."
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The authors argue that analyzing power imbalances, misshapen structures, and hidden assumptions are familiar critical thinking tasks for hesitant readers |
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The authors argue that analyzing power imbalances, misshapen structures, and hidden assumptions are familiar critical thinking tasks for hesitant readers |
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