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"If an Apple Is a Foreign Apple You Have to Wash It Very Carefully": Youth Discourses on Racism
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Alemanji, Aminkeng A.; Dervin, Fred – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2016
This study offers a critique of the questions used in anti-racism discourse and education. It discusses the dangers of asking whether a person or group is racist and the possible consequences such questions could have on people's discourses and attitudes. Reactions or responses to the questions can vary from anger, defence of self against other,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Racial Bias, Social Justice, Workshops
Nordic Discourses on Marginalisation through Education
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Pihl, Joron; Holm, Gunilla; Riitaoja, Anna-Leena; Kjaran, Jón Ingvar; Carlson, Marie – Education Inquiry, 2018
The purpose of this article is analysis of discursive marginalisation through education in Nordic welfare states. What knowledge do Nordic research discourses produce about marginalisation through education in Nordic welfare states? What are the Nordic contributions to research discourses on marginalisation through education? We apply a discourse…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Equal Education, Welfare Services, Social Systems
"Speaking from the Stomach?" Ventriloquised Ethnocentrisms about Finnish Education
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Simpson, Ashley; Dervin, Fred – Educational Practice and Theory, 2017
In recent years the words 'Finnish education' have been accompanied by utterances of 'an education miracle,' 'the best education system,' 'a success' and a number of other adjectives and superlatives to 'describe' education in Finland. While Finland's PISA ranking has declined media interest and discourses on 'Finnish education' have not relented.…
Descriptors: Ethnocentrism, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries, Educational Quality