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Nthontho, M. A. – Perspectives in Education, 2020
Contradictions and contestations with regard to the implementation of religion policies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Research suggest an increasing number of costly and protracted court and legislative battles between schools and parents over religion in schools. In this article, I aim to highlight some of the conflicting issues that need…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Conflict Resolution, Religious Cultural Groups, Conflict
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Ntho-Ntho, Maitumeleng Albertina; Nieuwenhuis, Frederik Jan – Journal of Curriculum and Teaching, 2016
The concept of mediation is a process that is frequently used in the labour field and is under-developed in a field such as education. Mediation as a strategy to resolve conflict in an amicable way has gained support in various other fields but seems not to be seen as a mainstream solution to resolving conflict in education. This article reports…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Qualitative Research, Principals, Leadership Responsibility
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Christie, Pam – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2016
Reflecting on South African experience, this paper develops an analytical framework using the work of Henri Lefebvre and Nancy Fraser to understand why socially just arrangements may be so difficult to achieve in post-conflict reconstruction. The paper uses Lefebvre's analytic to trace three sets of entangled practices…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Conflict, Conflict Resolution, Social Change
Nthontho, Maitumeleng Albertina – South African Journal of Education, 2018
Implementation of religion policy in schools has provoked contradictions and contestations in South Africa and across the globe. Reports on costly and protracted court cases and legislative battles between schools and parents as well as between schools and departments of education over religion in schools have been increasing at an alarming rate.…
Descriptors: Religious Education, Educational Policy, Leadership Training, Court Litigation
Ahluwalia, Pal, Ed.; Atkinson, Stephen, Ed.; Bishop, Peter, Ed.; Christie, Pam, Ed.; Hattam, Robert, Ed.; Matthews, Julie, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012
Reconciliation is one of the most significant contemporary challenges in the world today. In this innovative new volume, educational academics and practitioners across a range of cultural and political contexts examine the links between reconciliation and critical pedagogy, putting forward the notion that reconciliation projects should be regarded…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Theories, Integrated Curriculum, Critical Theory
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Waghid, Yusef – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2009
In this article, I shall evaluate critically the democratic citizenship education project in South Africa to ascertain whether the patriotic sentiments expressed in the "Manifesto on Values, Education and Democracy" (2001) are in conflict with the achievement of reconciliation and nation building (specifically peace and friendship) after…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Racial Segregation, Democracy, Citizenship Education