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Leavis and Pedagogy: Critical Practice

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This chapter continues the exploration of Leavis’s paradigm of critical exchange, particularly in relation to the practice of teaching and learning. Further criticisms that have been put forward about the critical exchange are analysed and comparisons made with equivalent concepts in other educational thinkers. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the relevance and potential contribution of Leavis’s paradigm to contemporary higher education.

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Cranfield, S. (2016). Leavis and Pedagogy: Critical Practice. In: F. R. Leavis . SpringerBriefs in Education(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25985-7_5

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