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Nordic Education Policy in Retreat Neoliberal Economic Rationalization and the Rural School
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Knutas, Agneta – Policy Futures in Education, 2017
The Nordic educational welfare model was implemented to support social justice and equal opportunities for all. After the fall of the Berlin wall the welfare model is weakened due to influences from international and global trends. It is found that with the introduction of new public management steering of public welfare and the decentralization…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Neoliberalism, Rural Schools, Public Administration
Fish out of Water: Refugee and International Students in Mainstream Australian Schools
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Dumenden, Iris E.; English, Rebecca – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
In this paper, the authors combine Pierre Bourdieu's concept of hysteresis (the "fish out of water" experience) with the discourse historical approach to critical discourse analysis (CDA) as a theoretical and analytical framework through which they examine specific moments in the schooling experiences of one refugee student and one…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Refugees, Secondary School Students, Discourse Analysis
No Longer "Catholic, White and Gaelic": Schools in Ireland Coming to Terms with Cultural Diversity
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Parker-Jenkins, Marie; Masterson, Mary – Irish Educational Studies, 2013
Irish society has experienced unprecedented demographic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, and increasingly, educators are facing the prospect of having to respond to the changing nature of cultural diversity in their classrooms. Traditionally characterised as"Catholic, white and Gaelic", Irish schools are said to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cultural Pluralism, Social Change, Student Diversity
College Persistence of First-Year African American and African Immigrant Males: Differences of Non-Academic and Other Factors on Community College Black Male Students
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Adams-Mahaley, Charlene – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Literature has postulated that noncognitive or psychosocial variables are a strong predictor of African American and international students persisting in college. Using a modified version of the Noncognitive-Revised (NCQ-R) questionnaire developed by Tracey and Sedlacek (1984), this mixed methods descriptive study investigated the relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, African American Students, Blacks, Immigrants
What Works in Race-Conscious Teacher Education? Reflections from Educators in the Field
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Ullucci, Kerri – Teacher Education Quarterly, 2010
This paper presents a study about how schools of education impact their students' ability to be successful in urban schools. What experiences--if any--in teacher education programs shape the development of race-conscious White teachers? To address her goal, the author conducted a qualitative study of six teachers currently employed in urban…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Student Teaching, Student Teachers, Urban Schools
(Re)Considering Normal: Queering Social Norms for Parents and Teachers
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Bower, Laura; Klecka, Cari – Teaching Education, 2009
Recent debates regarding same-sex marriage and gay and lesbian adoption highlight the role of schools as sociopolitical institutions. Accordingly, teachers operating within social norms have considerable influence through their interactions with students and their families. Previous research points to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT)…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Child Rearing, Sexual Orientation, Parent School Relationship