Introducing our Intended Action & Learning Outcomes

Through encouraging the active and reflexive participation of a massive open online cohort of learners, our hope is that together we will be able to explore the relationship between care-full scholarship and the triggering of just transformative change from as wide as possible a range of perspectives, experiences, and settings.

Our approach is largely centred around the promotion of a transformative learning space intended to stimulate a multi-modal form of reflexivity:  

“In its descriptive-analytical mode, reflexivity calls for a critical acknowledgement of the values, assumptions, as well as institutional and power structures that shape the current epistemological model and the organization of science. In its transformative mode, reflexivity calls for building a shared normative vision which can challenge dominant assumptions and power structures, and guide social change” (Popa et al. 2015: 54).

Accordingly, our Intended Action and Learning Outcomes are as follows:

To critically and dialogically reflect together on how a democratic and feminist understanding of care can contribute to the advancement of care-full scholarly practice

• To increase understanding of the meanings and relevance of a care-full approach in bringing about just transformative change in a manner which simultaneously appreciates the complexity of ‘care multiple’
• To critically identify and devise opportunities for academic scholars – individually and collectively - to pursue and embed care-full practices within and beyond the academy in a way which establishes more democratic and just institutional processes and ways of working  
• To promote greater reflexivity, and motivation for action, stimulated by a range of examples for how care-full scholarship can be practiced across a number of academic realms (e.g. research, teaching, doctoral supervision, consortium building)
• To increase understanding of the nature of caring needs within academia, paying particular attention to both collegial and self-care
• To stimulate change at intra-personal, inter-personal and institutional levels.