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Christian A. Bracho – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
The 'demand for justice' is a long-standing principle of Oaxaca's Sección 22 union chapter, which has led a teachers' movement since the 1970s that has evolved to meet changing social, political, and economic circumstances. Various researchers around the globe have increasingly linked notions of justice with education, exploring terms like social…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Unions, Teacher Strikes, Social Justice
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Hania Sobhy – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2025
Unions have played a decisive role in promoting democracy and social justice in Tunisia. In 2023, two teacher unions led a yearlong 'silent strike' of withholding student marks from administration. Based on interviews with 60 teachers, this article analyses teacher views on the unions and on ongoing protests. While unions are still considered the…
Descriptors: Unions, Teacher Strikes, Foreign Countries, Activism
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Karvelis, Noah – Berkeley Review of Education, 2022
In the last four years, teacher-activists in the United States have engaged in an unprecedented wave of protests and strikes. The developing body of literature seeking to understand this flurry of activity has taken various analytical approaches; for example, distilling movements into their key tactics in the hopes of lending important tools to…
Descriptors: Activism, Governance, Educational Theories, Teachers
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Sherfinski, Melissa; Hayes, Sharon; Zhang, Jing; Jalalifard, Mariam – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2019
We explore how two "happenings" representing different political, social, historical and economic influences converge to shape the narratives of preservice teachers and teacher educators in West Virginia. These happenings are the 2017-2018 edTPA roll out and the teacher strike of February 2018. We use the framework of sensemaking to…
Descriptors: Teacher Educators, Preservice Teachers, Mentors, Performance Based Assessment
Santoro, Doris A., Ed.; Cain, Lizabeth, Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2018
"Principled Resistance: How Teachers Resolve Ethical Dilemmas" brings together senior scholars and activist teachers to explore the concept of resistance as a necessary response to mandates that conflict with their understanding of quality teaching. The book provides vivid examples of the pedagogical, professional, and democratic…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Educational Principles, Ethics, Teacher Attitudes
Gold, Ben K. – 1969
This report summarizes the responses of 234 certificated personnel at Los Angeles City College who completed a questionnaire regarding campus incidents during a student strike, March 10-14, 1969. Responses are grouped by sex and length of stay of the respondent. Included are the following areas of concern: (1) extent of class interruption, (2)…
Descriptors: Activism, Conflict, Demonstrations (Civil), Strikes
Cahn, Meyer M. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Activism, Black Students, College Administration, College Students