Challenging Interpretations of Disability in Pedagogy and Practice

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This presentation will explore the way disability is interpreted in pedagogical contexts and how the curriculum can be developed in order to challenge the perception of disability in society through anti-oppressive pedagogies (Beckett, 2015) and affirmative models of disability in pedagogy, research and practice (Goodley, 2011). With the potential of language and pedagogy to significantly inform the lived experience of disability (Rapley, 2010), the implications of such a paradigm shift are profound. It is proposed that sharing this pedagogy of ideas (Healey, 2005a) at an early stage of training could inform increasingly inclusive, service-user informed research and practice (HCPC, 2013; ArtWorks Cymru, 2015). While professionally regulated disciplines determine the subject matter that higher education institutions explore, there is flexibility about the paradigm through which this material is presented. Many contrasting perspectives are shared in international literature around pedagogy of arts therapies (Goodman, 2015) however a medical model paradigm appears to remain dominant. Lingard (2007) and Beckett (2015) have identified how disability is constructed in primary educational provision, and the representation of disability in art is richly discussed (Kuppers, 2014; Proud, 2016; Millett-Gallant and Howie, 2017). There is consideration of the relevance of disability studies pedagogy to teacher training programmes (Penketh and Waite, 2018) however there is a lack of research into the specific lens through which participatory arts and arts therapy trainees are introduced to the construct of disability. With the potential perpetuation of ableist ideologies in higher education (Dolmage, 2017; Kim and Aquino, 2017) and of medical model interpretations in therapy, there is scope for discussion around an inclusive, non-normative pedagogy of therapeutic practice (Pickard, In Press). Developing students’ understanding of an inclusive, social model approach to practice may further empower ownership of their own learner journey and enable challenging of systemic barriers to participation in their own experiences (Kendall, 2016).


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StatwsCyhoeddwyd - 29 Meh 2018
DigwyddiadUSW Learning and Teaching Conference 2018 - USW Conference Centre, Treforest, Y Deyrnas Unedig
Hyd: 29 Meh 201829 Meh 2018

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CynhadleddUSW Learning and Teaching Conference 2018
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