Developing and implementing teaching in sensitive subject and topic areas : a comprehensive guide for professionals in FE and HE settings

Engaging with sensitive topics is crucial for students to develop classroom and workplace resilience. These should be taught in a way that supports the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and attributes, and that enables students to prepare for and thrive in their future professional life. Providi...

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Main Authors McGovern, William (Author), Gillespie, Aidan (Author), Brandon, Toby (Author), McInnes, Alison (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2024.
SeriesEmerald points.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781837531288
DOI10.1108/9781837531264
Physical Description1 online resource (160 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Dr. Claire Hart
  • Chapter 1. Key concept and concerns of teaching sensitive subjects and topics / David Nichol, Dr. William McGovern, and Dr. Ruth McGovern
  • Chapter 2. Cultural sensitivity in the curriculum / Dr. Alison McInnes and Professor Janet Walker
  • Chapter 3. Teaching the impacts of colonialism to uk higher education students / Dr. Andie Reynolds
  • Chapter 4. Exploring, and engaging with faith and religion in university settings / Dr. Aidan Gillespie
  • Chapter 5. Female, Muslim and british: a personal reflection on the experiences of holding multiple identities / Rahida Mohammed
  • Chapter 6. Teaching about homelessness - embodied learning, recognising prior learning and experience, and the key role of empathy / Dr. Adele Irving, Dr. Jamie Harding, and Dr. Oliver Moss
  • Chapter 7. Educating the educator- teaching around care experience / Dr. Hayley Alderson and Carrie Harrop
  • Chapter 8. Teaching about perceptions of care and young caring / Deborah Smart, Lucy Jane Henshall, and Libby Oldham
  • Chapter 9. "Teachers need to understand the position that they have": discussing poverty in diverse classes / Dr. Pamela Louise Graham, Nicole Fisher, Connie Dalton, and Dr. Richard Lee
  • Chapter 10. Accredited research training with people with lived experience of mental health & distress / Chris Gibbs, Dr. Toby Brandon, Dr. Christina Cooper, and Dr. Mick Hill
  • Chapter 11. 'Don't just say no': managing learning around substance use in a demographically diverse he institution / Craig Ancrum
  • Chapter 12. Using lived experience to teach trauma: containment and attunement for yourself and your students / Kevin Ward
  • Chapter 13. Teaching and representing the needs of those who experience exploitation and serious violence / Lydia Lochhead
  • Chapter 14. Moving beyond surviving to supporting the ability to thrive: sharing the experiences of young people whose parents use substances / Cassey Muir
  • Chapter 15. Sharing life-stories about recovery from substance use in higher education settings / Rachel Wease, Trevor Croft, Dr. Will McGovern, and Dr. Ruth McGovern.