Turning Polemics into Pedagogy: Teaching about Censorship in Art Education

In recent decades, the field of art education has seen an increasing interest in issues of social justice and social reconstruction which has led to pre‐service art educators often being encouraged to include potentially controversial topics in their pedagogy. Surprisingly, however, there seems to have been little concurrent discussion concerning the inherent risks involved in introducing polemical themes within the classroom. Indeed, despite its obvious importance, the subject of censorship is often given little attention in art education circles, save for when it has already become an active problem, such as when an instructor is accused of censorship by a student, or when forces outside the classroom seek to involve themselves in pedagogical decisions. In this article, I describe my experience creating and implementing an undergraduate pre‐service art education course on the subject of censorship. I begin by examining my students’ reactions to some of the themes explored, and then explain how discussing cases of art censorship and controversy can serve as a platform for introducing students to the key role that context plays in how we perceive, value and react to artworks. Finally, I make the argument that by including censorship as a subject within their curriculum, teachers can help students better to navigate the psychological, moral and ethical complexities of contemporary art making.     

Political and educational springboard or straitjacket? Theorising post/human subjects in an age of vulnerability

Contemporary discourses of social justice in education, disability, mental health, social policy and feminist studies are refracted increasingly through concerns about psychological and structural vulnerabilities created by the crises of late capitalism. Focusing on developments in British social policy generally and educational research specifically, this paper uses the authors' contrasting perspectives on two discernible discourses of vulnerability emerging in these contexts. One elevates the recognition of collective vulnerability as a springboard for new conceptualisations of resistance that disrupt materialist narratives of the human subject as a coherent, unified and rational agent of history. A second discourse offers a materialist understanding that locates vulnerability as both driver and product of a ‘therapeutic culture’, arguing that a psycho-emotional focus for vulnerability offers a diminished and ineffective subjectivity that belies rhetorics of resistance. These contrasting perspectives generate and emerge simultaneously from new understandings of the human subject. The paper evaluates the implications of using vulnerability to frame expectations of human subjects for everyday educational practices and relationships. It concludes by suggesting empirical questions that need exploring.     

接受司法裁判权的妨碍与消除妨碍的构想

本通过对“法治”的本质含义的分析，结合对公民的基本权利及法律的正当程序的探讨，阐述了公民的接受裁判权的实质；并以我国审判实践中的民事立案规则为例，对司法实践中对公民接受司法裁判权的妨碍进行分析，并提出了相应的解决构想。     

西方经济正义思想的历史脉动

论文从思想史的角度系统的考察和梳理了西方经济正义思想的历史嬗变,阐述了古希腊的经济正义思想、中世纪的经济正义思想、近代西方的经济正义思想和当代西方的经济正义思想。中国社会主义市场经济也正面临着“正义”的现实问题,研究西方经济正义思想,目的是为建构具有当代中国特色的经济正义理念和价值原则提供广阔的理论视阈和思想支援。     

法官道德与司法公正

法官道德是司法公正的必要条件之一,但二者之间又有诸多的联系,要想司法公正,法官道德是不可或缺的屏障,因此,对法官道德水准的要求至关重要。     

程序公正与司法公信力

司法程序公正至少包括司法的中立性、平等性、公开性、参与性、效率性、终局性等主要构成要素。程序公正要求司法程序的每一个环节运作都应具有合理性，只有做到程序公正，司法的公信力才能得到提升，因此，程序公正是司法公信力产生的基础。     

‘If they can say it they can write it’: Inclusive pedagogies for senior secondary physical education

Pedagogical practices are fundamental to teachers' work, and in the spaces of schooling impact significantly on students' success and achievement (Evans, J. 1986. Physical Education, Sport and Schooling: Studies in the Sociology of Physical Education. London: Falmer Press.). This is especially the case for students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are deeply reliant on schooling for their educational resources. This article explores the interrelationships between pedagogical practices, the physical education curriculum at the senior secondary level and learning by both students and a teacher in a school located in an area of socio-economic disadvantage. Action research investigating a pedagogical redesign of a unit of ‘Skill Acquisition’ is the specific focus. Of key interest are pedagogical practices that incorporated opportunities to learn ‘about’ Skill Acquisition ‘through’ and ‘in’ movement. These practices attempted to develop and apply scientific literacies specific to the human movement sciences, which are important for academic success in senior secondary physical education. Findings reveal high student engagement, increasing utilisation of scientific literacies and application of new learning to life-world situations. We argue that pedagogical practices that integrate learning ‘about’ ‘through’ and ‘in’ movement disrupt default modes of teaching theoretical concepts in physical education, which diminish opportunities for academic success amongst students from low-socio-economic backgrounds.     

国际终身教育理念对正义与幸福的追求

植根于漫长人类社会中由于阶级背景差别而造成的人们成就机会不平等的现象,应当通过教育的适当措施加以补救。要消除贫穷、社会不平等、种族主义和歧视,从而使下层社会的人民有机会享受更好的生活,教育是其动力之一。而终身教育思想则适应了改革和发展的需要,并以其特有的广阔视角反映现代社会中现代人的需要,因此它最终必将汇入实现社会公正的动力。以人的解放、自我实现和自我完善为目的的终身教育,必然注重人们平等机会的实现,并最终以建立一个符合社会正义和全民幸福的学习化社会为目的。     

司法改革与证据立法的关系初探

司法改革与证据立法是相辅相承的关系。中国现行以实现公正与效率为目标的司法改革应当与证据立法有机地结合起来,而不应该仅仅关注司法独立的问题。对证据制度进行合理的设计能够在很大程度上保证司法公正与效率的实现。     

和谐性教育公平观探析

教育公平问题作为现代社会公平价值的体现以及当今中国社会诸多社会问题之一,而今已成为社会和教育界关注的热点。目前我国的教育公平问题研究已经积累了很多认识和实践的经验,但是教育公平问题的依然热门说明当前教育公平的现状与人们所追求的所期望的状态还有很大的差距,如何在深入研究作为价值前提的正义理论基础上于认识论层面形成全面正确的和谐性教育公平观是当今亟待解决并具有重要现实意义的一步。