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Author: Ahmed, Z.

Restorative Pedagogy to Build Community in the Classroom: Autoethnographic Reflections from Faculty

Author(s):	McMahon, S. Ahmed, Z. Bemiller, M.
Date:	2023
Publication:	International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Citation:	McMahon, S.; Ahmed, Z.; Bemiller, M. (2023). “Restorative Pedagogy to Build Community in the Classroom: Autoethnographic Reflections from Faculty .” International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 35(2), 245-257. https://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/pdf/IJTLHE4406.pdf.

Section on webpage:	Liberatory Pedagogy Literature
Tenets:	Connecting to the personal and to communities outside of academia. Promoting reflexivity. Treating students as agentic co-educators. Building equity, trust, mutual respect, and support. Promoting cooperative learning.
Annotation:	Each author reflects on their experiences as using restorative justice as a pedagogy. They discuss the effects it has on their classrooms, how it is beneficial to their goals, and the challenges they face when implementing it.

February 11, 2026

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