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Rigid Culture and Social Change: How African NGOs Educate about LGBTI Rights
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Naomi Moland; Oren Pizmony-Levy – Comparative Education Review, 2024
This article investigates the educative practices of African lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex (LGBTI) activists who contest claims that homosexuality is un- African and imported from the West. We situate this work within a theoretical framework about cultural contestation and how NGOs influence cultural change. Using data from…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, LGBTQ People, Cultural Influences, Sexuality
Qualitative Case Study of Parental Engagement of Immigrant Parents from West Africa Who Have Children with Special Needs
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Nwora, Clare – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed was the low parental engagement of immigrant families who have special needs and the significant challenges adversely affecting the attainment and sustainment of their engagement with the school community. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple case study was to explore the perspectives and experiences of West…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Special Needs Students, Parents, Parent Attitudes
When Two Worlds Don't Collide: Can Social Curation Address the Marginalisation of Open Educational Practices and Resources from Outside Academia?
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Perryman, Leigh-Anne; Coughlan, Tony – Journal of Interactive Media in Education, 2014
A canyonesque gulf has long existed between open academia and many external subject communities. Since 2011, we have been developing and piloting the public open scholar role (Coughlan and Perryman 2012)--involving open academics discovering, sharing and discussing open educational resources (OER) with online communities outside formal education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Education, Shared Resources and Services, Social Networks