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Washington, Janay C. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This dissertation investigated the racial bias and discrimination perceived by self-identified Black teachers in international schools. The literature starts with a historical account of the racial prejudice and discrimination in the United States toward Black teachers and the founding of the first schools in North America, Asia, Africa, South…
Descriptors: African American Teachers, Blacks, International Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Katschnig, Tamara; Hastedt, Dirk – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2017
School safety is an important factor in schools. Data from the IEA's Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) indicate that perceptions of school safety are directly related to academic success. School safety seems to be particularly relevant for immigrant students, as their perceptions of safety appear to be more strongly…
Descriptors: School Safety, Immigrants, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Chzhen, Yekaterina; Rees, Gwyther; Gromada, Anna; Cuesta, Jose; Bruckauf, Zlata – UNICEF, 2018
In the world's richest countries, some children do worse at school than others because of circumstances beyond their control, such as where they were born, the language they speak or their parents' occupations. These children enter the education system at a disadvantage and can drop further behind if educational policies and practices reinforce,…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Social Bias, Socioeconomic Influences, Foreign Countries
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Bozkurt, Aras; Jung, Insung; Xiao, Junhong; Vladimirschi, Viviane; Schuwer, Robert; Egorov, Gennady; Lambert, Sarah R.; Al-Freih, Maha; Pete, Judith; Olcott, Don, Jr.; Rodes, Virginia; Aranciaga, Ignacio; Bali, Maha; Alvarez, Abel V., Jr.; Roberts, Jennifer; Pazurek, Angelica; Raffaghelli, Juliana Elisa; Panagiotou, Nikos; de Coëtlogon, Perrine; Shahadu, Sadik; Brown, Mark; Asino, Tutaleni I.; Tumwesige, Josephine; Reyes, Tzinti Ramírez; Ipenza, Emma Barrios; Ossiannilsson, Ebba; Bond, Melissa; Belhamel, Kamel; Irvine, Valerie; Sharma, Ramesh C.; Adam, Taskeen; Janssen, Ben; Sklyarova, Tatiana; Olcott, Nicoleta; Ambrosino, Alejandra; Lazou, Chrysoula; Mocquet, Bertrand; Mano, Mattias; Paskevicius, Michael – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2020
Uncertain times require prompt reflexes to survive and this study is a collaborative reflex to better understand uncertainty and navigate through it. The Coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic hit hard and interrupted many dimensions of our lives, particularly education. As a response to interruption of education due to the Covid-19 pandemic, this study…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing, Elementary Secondary Education
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Nery, Matheus Batalha Moreira – Asian Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Brazil tertiary education has evolved substantially in the last 20 years. The policies set up by the Brazilian government aimed at different targets. There were actions to expand the enrollments in the country's public universities, mainly through a program called Reestruturação e Expansão das Universidades Federais (REUNI). The government also…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Policy, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
Wong, Shelley, Ed.; Gosnell, Elaisa Sánchez, Ed.; Luu, Anne Marie Foerster, Ed.; Dodson, Lori, Ed. – Teachers College Press, 2017
Learn how to engage and advocate for undocumented children and youth with this new resource written by and for teachers. "Teachers as Allies" provides educators with the information and tools they need to involve immigrant students and their American-born siblings and peers in inclusive and transformative classroom experiences. The…
Descriptors: Undocumented Immigrants, Advocacy, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
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Russell, William Benedict, III, Ed. – International Society for the Social Studies, 2013
The "ISSS Annual Conference Proceedings" is a peer-reviewed professional publication published once a year following the annual conference. The following papers are included in the 2013 proceedings: (1) Teaching About Asia in a Social Science Education Program (Cyndi Mottola Poole and Joshua L. Kenna); (2) Teaching Students about…
Descriptors: Social Studies, Preservice Teacher Education, Teaching Methods, Education Courses