Professor Emery is a theorist, a social worker, and a statistician. His approach to research and scholarship brings empirical and theoretical rigor and clarity to the study of conflict and its resolution in the context of power disparities. His work focuses primarily on abuse and violence against women and children. The Principle of Dialogic Praxis: In addition to principles of fairness and felt security, I believe in the importance of Friere’s concept of dialogic praxis. This principle holds that education should occur in the form of a dialogue between teacher and student. In this dialogue, each learns from the other with less emphasis on hierarchy, power, and formal roles. Education becomes meaningful to students when their input and participation helps to shape the class and contribute to the knowledge produced. This leads to students who are engaged and motivated. My work with students in this tradition is also Socratic. Asking questions without demanding an immediate answer, and sometimes denying the existence of a single correct answer, allows students to relax and consider a multiplicity of possibilities. The dialogic praxis approach to education has led me to rewrite western theories based and centered upon East Asian experiences. The Principle of Dialogic Praxis: In addition to principles of fairness and felt security, I believe in the importance of Friere’s concept of dialogic praxis. This principle holds that education should occur in the form of a dialogue between teacher and student. In this dialogue, each learns from the other with less emphasis on hierarchy, power, and formal roles. Education becomes meaningful to students when their input and participation helps to shape the class and contribute to the knowledge produced. This leads to students who are engaged and motivated. My work with students in this tradition is also Socratic. Asking questions without demanding an immediate answer, and sometimes denying the existence of a single correct answer, allows students to relax and consider a multiplicity of possibilities. The dialogic praxis approach to education has led me to rewrite western theories based and centered upon East Asian experiences.
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Professor Clifton R Emery