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Direct linkScanlan, Martin – International Studies in Catholic Education, 2017
Students experience a wide array of special needs, from diagnosed disabilities to cultural and linguistic barriers to traumas. Schools around the world and across public and private sectors struggle to provide optimal opportunities to learn for students experiencing special needs. Moreover, schools typically engage in these efforts in isolation…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Special Needs Students, Educational Philosophy, Disadvantaged
Scanlan, Martin; Zisselsberger, Margarita – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2015
Culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students comprise the most rapidly expanding, and among the most educationally marginalized, group in the United States. CLD students' opportunities to learn are often diminished through service delivery models that are deficit-oriented, viewing linguistic diversity as a challenge to overcome, not a…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Partnerships in Education, Student Diversity, Minority Group Students
Scanlan, Martin; Kim, Minsong; Burns, Mary Bridget; Vuilleumier, Caroline – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2016
Purpose: Culturally and linguistically diverse students frequently do not receive equitable educational opportunities. Schools across public and private sectors that are striving to ameliorate this problem typically work in isolation, not collaboratively. This article examines how communities of practice emerge within a network of schools striving…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Communities of Practice, Qualitative Research, Case Studies
Scanlan, Martin; Miller, Peter – Teachers College Record, 2013
Background/Context: Disparities in educational opportunity and academic achievement are closely connected to social class characteristics that lie beyond the schoolhouse doors (Rothstein, 2004). Comprehensive approaches to urban school reform are ecological, seeing schools nested in broader communities. The research presented here examines one…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Access to Education, Urban Schools, Educational Change
Scanlan, Martin – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2013
Purpose: The field of socially just educational leadership focuses on reducing inequities within schools. The purpose of this article is to illustrate how one strand of social learning theory, communities of practice, can serve as a powerful tool for analyzing learning within a school ostensibly pursuing social justice. The author employs a core…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Instructional Design, Socialization, Research Design
Download full textScanlan, Martin – Scholar-Practitioner Quarterly, 2011
The field of socially just educational leadership is focused on promoting improvements in the teaching and learning environment as demonstrated by student learning gains, particularly for traditionally marginalized students. The field has identified priorities (i.e., school improvement, democratic community, and social justice) and steps to pursue…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Social Justice, Educational Change, Entrepreneurship
