Tag: Education: social justice and social change,

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Re-Thinking the Student Teaching Curriculum: Using Field-Based Instruction to Help Candidates Notice, Acknowledge, and Address Bias in the Classroom

We aim to determine the impact on teacher candidates’ beliefs and skills as a result of curricular revisions to the …

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Women’s Roles in the Series Desperate Housewives: A Feminist Perspective

Desperate Housewives, created by Marc Cherry and aired on the ABC channel for eight seasons, can be considered a representation …

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Silent Exclusion and Child Schooling: A Case Study of India

The current educational policy discourse in India has largely focused on the issues of access to basic education. While increasing …

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Education for urban refugee children in Malaysia: Pathway to Peace

This research focuses on the educational experiences of urban refugee children in Malaysia, examining the expectations of parents, NGO of …

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Stealing from the Poor: A Challenge to Eradicating Poverty in Nepal

Background In 2015, an earthquake in Nepal killed over 9,000 people and destroyed over a million homes pushing millions of …

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Teacher Will: A Framework to Transform Classroom Practices! It’s Intentional

The single unit of change in what matters for student learning is an effective teacher. What makes an effective teacher? …

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The Proposed Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): A Formula for Teaching Excellence’

The authors assert that they have identified a formula which addresses the three main aims of the TEF, and seeks …

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The Contribution of Multicultural and International Education to the Creation of Sustainable Learning Environments Which Support the South African Struggle

This paper conceptualises how an expanded notion of multicultural education could support the achievement of a socially just, diverse and …

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BME Higher Education and Social Justice

This presentation will explore the idea of educating the BME population and try to question what drives education- “borders of …

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Promoting Bioethical Decision Making for Grade 10 Students Through Socio-Scientific Issues Based Instruction

This article describes bioethics that supports bioethical decision making skills and develops of social responsibility in biology classroom. Bioethical decision …

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Studies in Historical Memory: A Path to Contemporary Understanding

This presentation will examine case studies of historical memory in classes with Japanese university students. Students have grown up with …

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Promoting Parental Involvement to Prevent Elementary Student Dropout in Indonesia’s Backward Regions

The highest dropout rate for elementary school level happens significantly in Indonesia's backward regions (UNICEF for Indonesia, 2012). This will …

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Building Opportunities for Children to Exercise their Rights at School

There is inconsistency in the relationship children have with regards to their rights in the school setting. Few teachers know …

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Fostering Social Justice Orientation through Clinical Legal Education in the Caribbean ___ Stakeholder Considerations

Caribbean law schools governed by the Council of Legal Education, aim to "facilitate the development of competent legal practitioners for …

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Perspectives of the Unseen: Educational Meritocracy and Student Mobility

The Ministry of Education, Singapore, has released a statement emphasizing that 'Every school is a good school'. The education system …

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Can You Be Prejudiced Against Your Own Students? Measuring Teacher’s Unconscious Bias in the Classroom

This presentation aims to familiarize the audience with 1) the concept of implicit (i.e., unconscious) attitudes, 2) their significance to …