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Gupta, Achala – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2022
While a growing body of research shows the prevalence of private tutoring in India, the ways in which these informal educational setups gain social legitimacy remains largely unclear. To redress this gap in the scholarship, this article investigates institutional and affective tutoring practices, in relation to formal schooling. It draws on the…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Private Education, Educational Practices, Informal Education
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Martin, Fran; Griffiths, Helen – British Educational Research Journal, 2012
This paper critically analyses the neo-liberal discourse informing global education policy and practice. We use postcolonial theory to deconstruct the contexts for global educational partnerships, highlighting how issues of power and representation are central to their development and the learning that takes place within them. Teacher development…
Descriptors: Postmodernism, Global Education, Teacher Education, Power Structure
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Bajaj, Monisha – Teachers College Record, 2015
Background/Context: Human rights education has proliferated in the past four decades and can be found in policy discussions, textbook reforms, and grassroots initiatives across the globe. This article specifically explores the role of creativity and imagination in human rights education (HRE) by focusing on a case study of one non-governmental…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Disadvantaged
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2010
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2009 proceedings, see ED504973.]
Descriptors: Social Studies, Proverbs, Social Justice, Global Approach