People, personal projects and the challenging of social structures: a contribution to the reflection on the challenges of teaching development studies

Juan David Parra Heredia

Third World Quarterly, 2018, vol. 39, issue 11, 2188-2202

Abstract: This article makes a critique of using Post-Development as a tool in teaching an introductory course in development studies. Such a debate was initiated by Harcourt in a previous issue of Third World Quarterly as she reflected on her teaching experience in a European Institution. Harcourt concludes that the lack of engagement of some of the students in the course reflects the unwillingness of privileged middle-class pupils to challenge western lifestyles. I draw on a critical realist meta-theory about the process of learning in higher education to challenge the ontological support of that conclusion and invite her to reconsider her teaching strategy.

Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2018.1460594

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