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‘Ah, but the whiteys love to talk about themselves’: discomfort as a pedagogy for change

Brenda Leibowitz Centre for Teaching and Learning, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Vivienne Bozalek Rectorate, Teaching and Learning, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa
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Poul Rohleder Department of Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK; Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Ronelle Carolissen Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
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Leslie Swartz Department of Psychology, University of Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Pages 83-100 | Published online: 04 Mar 2010

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