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Ethnographies of Education for Social Justice
Social justice is a complex construct that invariably lacks unproblematic operationalization within social research. This book uses ethnographic research to situate a rich and complex model of social justice, foregrounding the potential of the participant to generate emancipatory spaces. How can interactions between ethnographers and research participants influence the development of the research process, the practices being investigated, the perspectives of participants, and the contexts in which the research takes place? What are the possibilities for these approaches to ethnography of education to generate knowledge that is truly useful for educational change and social transformation for...
Transformative Civic Education in Democratic Societies
Democracy is neither inevitable nor guaranteed to last. To survive, democracy needs people adequately prepared to enact it. Such preparation for effective citizenship in a complex and plural world requires an adult civic education, one that goes beyond simple knowledge acquisition. It requires a transformative education to help learners become agents and co-shapers of their worlds. This book offers examples of the roles that civic education has played and can play in different communities. In this collection, scholars from around the world report and reflect on civic adult education, examining approaches, paradigms, and concepts that help us to act in culturally, ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse societies.
Educational Research and Schooling in Rural Europe
This book provides authentic accounts of the effects of the revolutionary political reform experienced in the past half century on education in Europe’s considerable rural hinterland. These reforms include the liberation of the Baltic and Eastern European states from Soviet communist domination, the ‘eurozone’ economic crises, and the current and future migration of people fleeing war and poverty from the Middle East and Africa. Overshadowing these events are so-called global forces which champion economies of scale and pressurize academic performance as keys to economic success. Trapped in this distal whirlwind of change are 1000s of small and/or rural elementary schools and the life ...
Leading Socially Just Schools
Equity and social justice have become central to the work of schools. Teachers and leaders are at the forefront of building socially just schools. Issues related to equity and social justice in education, however, are complex and deeply contested. Professional learning is critical to enable teachers and school leaders to develop the understandings, skills and confidence to grapple with often challenging issues. This book brings together a range of contributions from different systems. The contributors to this book explore ways in which professional learning can support efforts to bring about socially just schools. The authors adopt a variety of perspectives, with some looking at professional learning around a broad concept of social justice and the task of the gap between advantaged and disadvantaged learners. Other contributors explore the question of professional learning in relation to a specific issue or area of practice to raise awareness and deepen knowledge and skills. Barring one, all the chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the journal Professional Development in Education.
Implementing Ethics in Educational Ethnography
Providing theoretical grounding, case studies and practical solutions, Implementing Ethics in Educational Ethnography examines how researchers can overcome ethical dilemmas associated with and encountered during ethnographic research. From the initial stages of research design such as consideration from regulatory bodies, through research occurring in the field to project completion and reporting, it explores many of the factors associated with ensuring culturally sensitive and ethical studies. The book covers key questions including: What can researchers expect of ethical review boards? Where and with whom should dialogue take place about ethicality within research? What effect does a resea...
Prácticas y modelos innovadores para la mejora y calidad de la docencia
Esta monografía recoge las contribuciones extensas de muchos de los trabajos presentados en las IV Jornadas celebradas en 2010 que, bajo la temática «Tiempo de cambio: innovación y calidad en la educación superior», se vertebran en torno a los siguientes aspectos temáticos, a cada uno de los cuales se dedica una parte en esta obra: • Evaluación • Aprendizaje colaborativo y cooperativo • Metodologías activas • Materiales y recursos • Enseñanza semipresencial y no presencial • Iniciativas de integración, implicación y formación complementaria • Experiencias de diseño curricular por competencias • Procesos de coordinación y mejora en las titulaciones.
Ethnographies of Education for Social Justice
Social justice is a complex construct that invariably lacks unproblematic operationalisation within social research. This book uses ethnographic research to situate a rich and complex model of social justice, foregrounding the participatory potential of the participant to generate emancipatory spaces. How can interactions between ethnographers and research participants influence the development of the research process, the practices being investigated, the perspectives of participants and the contexts in which the research takes place, and what are the possibilities for these approaches to ethnography of education to generate knowledge that is truly useful for educational change and social t...
Meta-Ethnography
How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta-ethnography. After citing the criteria to be used in comparing qualitative research projects, the authors define the ways these can then be aggregated to create more cogent syntheses of research. Using examples from numerous studies ranging from ethnographic work in educational settings to the Mead-Freeman controversy over Samoan youth, Meta-Ethnography offers useful procedural advice from both comparative and cumulative analyses of qualitative data. This provocative volume will be read with interest by research...
