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Menashy, Francine; Zakharia, Zeena – Oxford Review of Education, 2020
This paper examines the prevalence of technological interventions in education in emergencies through a case study of private participation in Syrian refugee education in Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey. This research is conceptually situated within critiques of 'digital humanitarianism', simultaneously interrogating the role of technology in…
Descriptors: Refugees, Intervention, Information Technology, Case Studies
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Bale, Jeff – Bilingual Research Journal, 2016
This article addresses language rights as a legitimate political tool for language policy scholarship and activism. The article begins by engaging several critiques of language rights. It analyzes Ruiz's language-as-right orientation to language policy, and then reviews recent scholarship challenging language rights from poststructural and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Native Language, Language Attitudes, Politics
Anderson, Vivienne, Ed.; Johnson, Henry, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019
This multidisciplinary collection examines the connections between education, migration and translation across school and higher education sectors, and a broad range of socio-geographical contexts. Organised around the themes of knowledge, language, mobility, and practice, it brings together studies from around the world to offer a timely critique…
Descriptors: Immigration, Interdisciplinary Approach, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Mallett, Karen Elizabeth – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Reform-oriented efforts geared toward transformative education and equal educational opportunities for all U.S. school children (regardless of race, gender, or cultural/linguistic background) are underway and advocacy is emerging as an important topic of discussion and debate among language-in-education specialists, applied linguists included. …
Descriptors: Language Planning, Equal Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Bilingual Education
Nelson, Jack L.; Hering, William S. – 1976
The intent of this paper is to assist social studies teachers in a thoughtful consideration of differing views on academic freedom. Practical information serves as background for forming a set of principles to guide decisions about teaching that involves controversial methods or content. Case studies illustrate several ways in which academic…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Censorship, Civil Rights, Educational Environment
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Stromquist, Nelly P. – Comparative Education Review, 1996
Examines how democratization of schooling is being shaped in Latin America and how dangerous delusions and exclusions affect the treatment of gender in this process. Focuses on initiatives and development policies of international aid agencies, their research projects, and international conferences. Suggests that democratization requires a larger…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Consciousness Raising, Democracy, Economic Development