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Naomi Moland; Oren Pizmony-Levy – Comparative Education Review, 2024
This article investigates the educative practices of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) activists who contest claims that homosexuality is un- African and imported from the West. We situate this work within a theoretical framework about cultural contestation and how NGOs influence cultural change. Using data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Cultural Influences, Sexuality
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Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Coughlan, Tony – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014
A canyonesque gulf has long existed between open academia and many external subject communities. Since 2011, we have been developing and piloting the public open scholar role (Coughlan and Perryman 2012)--involving open academics discovering, sharing and discussing open educational resources (OER) with online communities outside formal education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Shared Resources and Services, Social Networks
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Oller, Judith; Vila, Ignasi; Zufiaurre, Benjamin – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2012
In multilingual schools students have diverse identities, cultural backgrounds, perceptions, capacities and linguistic experiences. The space for teaching and learning is also mediated by stereotypes and prejudices associated with this diversity. Diversity, stereotypes and prejudices shape how teachers and learners operate in a world of complex…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Negative Attitudes, School Involvement, Multilingualism
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Obasi, Ezemenari M.; Leong, Frederick T. L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2009
This article investigates the relationship between psychological distress, acculturation, and help-seeking attitudes among people of African descent (N = 130). Psychological distress was measured using the Global Severity Index from the Brief Symptom Inventory (L. R. Derogatis & N. Melisaratos, 1983), acculturation was measured using the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Psychological Services, Help Seeking