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Chinese High School Students' Perceptions of Freedom of Expression: Implications for Researching Emerging Civil Liberties in Global Educational Contexts
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Torres, Mario S.; Qin, Lixia – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2017
This study explored attitudes and perceptions of Chinese high school students regarding freedom of expression in their country. A survey capturing perceptions over various forms of free speech (e.g., student publication, dress code) was administered to a sample of 838, which included students from both urban and rural areas within Shaanxi Province…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Student Attitudes, Freedom of Speech
Pre-Service Teachers and Muslim Parents: Exploring Religious Diversity in Canadian Public Schools
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Guo, Yan – Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Education, 2015
This study explores how a group of Caucasian pre-service teachers responded to Muslim immigrant parents' accounts of the marginalization of their faith practices in Canadian public schools. Data were collected through interviews with parents, dialogues between parents and pre-service teachers, online reflections, and focus groups among pre-service…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Muslims, Public Schools, Religious Cultural Groups
Iranian Women: Between Education and Repression
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Bousalis, Rina – Social Education, 2012
Iranian women have endured more than 30 years of an Islamist dictatorship that uses religion as a validation for unjust control. Human rights violations against women in Iran are a tragic phenomenon for an otherwise highly developed civilization. Invisible and powerless in a male-dominated society, Iranian women are discouraged from becoming…
Descriptors: Females, Womens Education, Foreign Countries, Dress Codes
School Uniform Revisited: Procedure, Pressure and Equality
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Carney, Damian; Sinclair, Adele – Education and the Law, 2006
The House of Lords' decision in "R. (on the application of Begum) v. The Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School" considered whether a particular school uniform policy infringed a student's right to manifest her religion under Article 9. This paper analyses the content of this decision, and explores how schools should approach…
Descriptors: School Uniforms, Foreign Countries, School Law, Educational Policy
Citizenship, Wealth, and Whiteness in a Costa Rican High School
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Stocker, Karen – International Journal of Educational Policy, Research, and Practice: Reconceptualizing Childhood Studies, 2005
This article addresses the democratic rhetoric taught in a Costa Rican High School and the ways in which that rhetoric clashed with school practices that revealed hierarchies based on race, ethnicity, class, and religion. This contradiction was rendered visible through student elections, the Independence Day celebration, and civic acts. Through…
Descriptors: High Schools, Social Influences, Social Class, Religious Factors
What Not to Wear and Other Stories: Addressing Religious Diversity in Schools
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Blair, Ann; Aps, Will – Education and the Law, 2005
This article considers the position of religion in schools in England and Wales in light of the recent decision in "The Queen on the application of SB v Headteacher and Governors of Denbigh High School". This held that the refusal to allow a pupil to wear the jilbab was a breach of her rights under the European Convention for the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Civil Rights, Student Diversity, Religion