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Restorative Pedagogies In Primary And Secondary Education: A Review Of Selected Literature, Gwynn Alexander
Restorative Pedagogies In Primary And Secondary Education: A Review Of Selected Literature, Gwynn Alexander
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Purpose
Restorative justice is a philosophy and set of practices aimed toward centering student well-being and positive social relationships in the classroom. Restorative pedagogies offer an approach to teaching/learning that seeks to remedy persistent patterns of punitive and exclusionary school-based practices.
Design, Methodology, and Approach
In this literature review, I employ a constructivist grounded theory approach to first define restorative pedagogies, then offer key themes that emerged across the body of literature. I introduce key foundational texts with a focus on the proliferation of research in the last decade. Lastly, I present critiques and limitations in the body of literature …