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Direct linkLazaroo, Natalie – Research in Drama Education, 2021
In Singapore, resilience lies at the heart of the nation's efforts at building a strong civic culture. For those experiencing urban poverty, resilience holds little weight against the national rhetoric of self-reliance and meritocracy as keys to success. This paper presents a three-way conversation between the researcher, applied theatre…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Resilience (Psychology), Peace, Justice
Schierup, Carl-Ulrik; Alund, Aleksandra – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2011
In this essay, the authors venture into the convoluted reality of a contemporary Europe, which they fear that intellectual enterprises, unwittingly, underpin: an incipient European "plural society" marked by a xenophobic cultural branding of "the Other", the erosion of citizenship, urban revolts among disadvantaged youth, an…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Disadvantaged Youth, Cultural Pluralism, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedRowley, Larry L. – Urban Review, 2000
Discusses cultural dynamics shaping relationships between universities and urban black communities, arguing that universities are responsible for addressing inner-city problems. However, cultural differences impede social relationships between colleges and urban communities. Constructs a framework for exploring impeding factors. Links the renewed…
Descriptors: Black Community, Blacks, Citizenship Responsibility, Colleges
Download full textHatt-Echeverria, Beth; Jo, Ji-Yeon – Educational Foundations, 2005
The purpose of this paper is to deconstruct the new racist discourse within an urban charter school. The authors focus upon how the new racist discourse relieves Whites, "of any semblance of social responsibility and commitment" (Giroux, 1999). As multiculturalism and political correctness are being taught and encouraged in the society to work…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, Charter Schools, Racial Bias, Citizenship Education
Peer reviewedMolnar, Alex – Educational Leadership, 1997
Economic inequality is tearing our civil society apart. Addressing this problem through school governance reforms (vouchers, privatization, and charter schools), or curriculum changes (teaching new basic skills), or a new instructional focus (Rifkin's civil sector) ignores the real challenge: redistributing wealth and softening inequalities.…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Economic Factors, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
Thompson, Ekundayo J. D. – 2001
This document profiles 10 successful experiences in nonformal education (NFE) programs across Africa. Common features of the programs profiled are as follows: (1) provide educational opportunities for those who have missed out on formal education; (2) show evidence of learners' acquisition of competencies for work and survival; (3) demonstrate…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
