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There is a Crack in Everything—Education and Religion in a Secular Age
There are two constants in academic and theological discourse throughout history, they are the debate around secularization and the dialogue concerning the intersection of religion and education. Each age has had its debate about modernizing forces that drive concerns of impending secularization. In this publication this theme is approached from perspectives of teachers, of students, of policy makers and situated in a politico-historical context. Aware of the fact that in today’s plural societies one sacred canopy is non-existent anymore, cracks of the sacred canopy/canopies are described, as well as ‘the light that gets in’, the possible and challenging ways out are roughly sketched.
International Perspectives on Teaching Rival Histories
This book presents a survey of approaches to dealing with ‘rival histories’ in the classroom, arguing that approaching this problem requires great sensitivity to differing national, educational and narrative contexts. Contested narratives and disputed histories have long been an important issue in history-teaching all over the world, and have even been described as the ‘history’ or ‘culture’ wars. In this book, authors from across the globe ponder the question “what can teachers do (and what are they doing) to address conflicting narratives of the same past?”, and puts an epistemological issue at the heart of the discussion: what does it mean for the epistemology of history, ...
Who Decides?
Over the last quarter century, educational leadership as a field has developed a broad strand of research that engages issues of social justice, equity and diversity. This effort includes the work of many scholars who advocate for a variety of equity-oriented leadership preparation approaches. Critical scholarship in Education Administration and Educational Politics is concerned with questions of power and in various ways asks questions around who gets to decide. In this volume, we ask who decides how to organize schools around criteria of ability and/or disability and what these decisions imply for leadership in schools. In line with this broader critical tradition of inquiry, this volume s...
Sociolinguistic Research
Shortlisted for the LSA Leonard Bloomfield Book Award 2017 Sociolinguistic Research: Application and Impact provides a unique overview of international research projects, showcasing their positive outcomes and offering critical insights and constructive critiques into the meaning of ‘impact’ in contemporary research. The book includes: original findings from cutting-edge research from scholars such as Mary Bucholtz, Walt Wolfram and Peter Patrick; coverage of organisational contexts including education, government, justice, heritage, and the workplace; activities including after-school programmes, workplace training courses, social media campaigns, and video productions; application of r...
The English Language in Canada
The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of the status of Canadian English considers the number and distribution of its speakers, its relation to French and other Canadian languages and to American English, its status as the expressive medium of English Canadian culture and its treatment in previous research. The review of its history concentrates on the historical roots and patterns of English-speaking settlement that established Canadian English and influenced its character in each region of Canada. The analysis of its principal features compares the vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar of Canadian English to standard British and American English. Subsequent chapters examine variation and change in the vocabulary and pronunciation of Canadian English, while a final chapter briefly considers the future of Canadian English.
International Students from Asia in Canadian Universities
This book explores how the recruitment and retention of Asian international students in Canadian universities intersects with other institutional priorities. Responding to the growing need for new insights and perspectives on the institutional mechanisms adopted by Canadian universities to support Asian international students in their academic and social integration to university life, it crucially examines the challenges at the intersection of two institutional priorities: internationalization and anti-racism. This is especially important for the Asian international student group, who are known to experience invisible forms of discrimination and differential treatment in Canadian post-secon...
La construction identitaire des jeunes
Dans les sociétés modernes, où chacun est appelé à être acteur de sa vie personnelle, l'individualisation des parcours a d'importantes répercussions sur les conditions à travers lesquelles les jeunes forgent leur identité. Plus que jamais peut-être, la période de la vie qu'est la jeunesse se caractérise par l'indétermination dans ce domaine. Cet ouvrage vise à mieux comprendre la construction identitaire des jeunes en l'explorant sous ses différentes facettes et à travers des regards disciplinaires variés. Par une série d'études de cas, les auteurs exposent différentes modalités de cette construction dans des sphères significatives de la vie des jeunes: de l'école à l...
Schooling and Cultural Autonomy
The results of the students from the 30 school boards are grouped into four regions: New Brunswick, the other Atlantic provinces, Ontario, the Western provinces and the territories.2 The last chapter summarizes the main study findings and examines the ensuing educational and pedagogical consequences. [...] The institutional completeness component is the place where the main action takes place for the members of the community, the institutions and organizations of civil society. [...] Social proximity is the foundation of the model for cultural auton- omy, helping to highlight its central and fundamental role both for the vitality of the language and for the cultural autonomy of the group. [....
Mouvements associatifs dans la francophonie nord-américaine
Cette publication porte sur les mouvements associatifs et sur leur rôle dans la vitalité, l'évolution et la diffusion de la lecture d'expression française dans différentes collectivités d'Amérique du Nord. Il retient une conception large du mouvement associatif, allant des associations et des organismes institués et mandatés aux réseaux plus informels. A partir d'une conception large du mouvement associatif, allant des associations et des organismes institués et mandatés officiellement aux réseaux plus informels, l'équipe a privilégié les thématiques suivantes : le rôle du politique dans la formation et fonctionnement d'associations, les centres culturels, les associations littéraires et artistiques, les mouvements associatifs chez les étudiants, les réseaux sociaux électroniques et, enfin, le rôle des mouvements associatifs, des réseaux formels et informels dans l'intégration des nouveaux arrivants dans des espaces francophones pluriels.
Enseignement supérieur et inégalités sociales
Malgré les progrès indéniables réalisés à ce jour concernant la démocratisation des études supérieures, les processus de reproduction sociale persistent et produisent toujours des inégalités sociales. Si, depuis le milieu des années 1980, les politiques éducatives ont donné lieu à de nouvelles réformes davantage axées sur sa néolibéralisation, la question des inégalités revient aussi à l’ordre du jour. Les contributions réunies dans cet ouvrage visent à mieux comprendre la situation récente des inégalités scolaires et de l’expérience étudiante.
