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Fielding, Michael – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2014
A key contributor to the 1948 New Education Fellowship "The Teacher and World Peace" submission to UNESCO, Alex Bloom is one of the most remarkable pioneers of radical democratic education of the twentieth century. In many important respects, Bloom's internationally renowned work from 1945-55 at St George-in-the-East Secondary Modern…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Democracy, Educational Change, War
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Ryan, Janette – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2011
Discourses of internationalisation in higher education often neglect one of the most effective sources of intercultural knowledge and understanding; the international students who increasingly inhabit university campuses around the world. International education is now big business in Anglophone universities such as in the UK and Australia, with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Intercultural Programs, Cultural Awareness
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Rasmussen, Mary Lou – Journal of LGBT Youth, 2011
"Interrogating Heteronormativity in Primary Schools: The No Outsiders Project" is a book that reflects on a research project based in primary schools and funded by The Economic and Social Research Council of the UK. This text is accompanied by another practice-focused work: "Undoing Homophobia in Primary Schools". The project…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Homosexuality, Social Attitudes, Social Bias
Martin, Kerry; Hart, Ruth; MacLeod, Shona; Kinder, Kay – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2010
The aim of this research was to investigate the approaches being taken by local authorities (LAs) and partner organisations to improve how young people are perceived, especially in relation to crime and antisocial behaviour. The study also looked at the challenges for and benefits of activities aiming to improve public perceptions of young people,…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Crime, Young Adults, Program Effectiveness
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Beckett, Angharad E. – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2009
In the United Kingdom, the introduction of the Disability Equality Duty 2006 has provided a new window of opportunity to promote the idea that education has a role to play in changing non-disabled children/young people's attitudes towards disabled people. This article explores the issues raised by the application of the Disability Equality Duty to…
Descriptors: Role of Education, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Disability Discrimination
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Connor, David J.; Gabel, Susan L.; Gallagher, Deborah J.; Morton, Missy – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2008
This paper serves as a broad introduction to Disabilities Studies in Education (DSE). The emergence of DSE over the last decade has resulted in a vibrant area of academic scholarship as well as a critical forum for social/educational advocacy and activism. First, the authors trace the roots of DSE in the growth of disability studies (DS) within…
Descriptors: Inclusive Schools, Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Educational Research