Assistant Professor
Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy (EDCP)
Her research is focused on the construction of health as a social attribute through family and community; and social justice as a goal of health promotion and education. Dr. Renwick also looks at the ways in which education and health are experienced differently according to family and geographic locality. Her scholarship has contributed to and had had a major impact in the emerging field of health literacy especially as it is applied in school contexts.
Contributions:
Renwick, K. (2014). Critical health literacy: shifting textual–social practices in the health classroom. Asia-Pacific Journal of Health, Sport and Physical Education, 5, 201 – 216, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/18377122.2014.940808.
Renwick, K. (2013). Food Literacy as a form of critical pedagogy: Implications for curriculum development and pedagogical engagement for Australia’s diverse population. Victorian Journal of Home Economics 52, 6 – 17.
Renwick, K. (2013). Critical Reading in Health Literacy, International Journal of Literacies 19 99 – 107.
Keywords:
Critical pedagogy; Praxis; Health literacy; Home economics; Health promoting schools; Vocational education and training.
kerry.renwick@ubc.ca
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