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Mitra, Dana L. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2006
Drawing on the parallel literature on increasing student voice in the field of education and on building youth-adult partnerships in the youth development field, this article examines the place of young people in efforts to increase social justice in school settings. Through an examination of thirteen youth-adult partnership initiatives, it…
Descriptors: High School Students, Adolescent Development, Student Empowerment, Participative Decision Making
Hunter, Shona – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article uses empirical material from a qualitative study of adult and community learning (ACL) to explore issues around leading for equality and diversity in educational organisations. What the author is interested in is the way that the commitment to a "community" context in ACL opens up (or keeps open) certain possibilities for "diverse"…
Descriptors: Community Education, Qualitative Research, Service Learning, Community Services
Comber, Barbara; Nixon, Helen; Ashmore, Louise; Loo, Stephen; Cook, Jackie – Mind, Culture, and Activity, 2006
This article focuses on how teachers worked to build a meaningful curriculum around changes to a neighborhood and school grounds in a precinct listed for urban renewal. Drawing on a long-term relationship with the principal and one teacher, the researchers planned and designed a collaborative project to involve children as active participants in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Social Justice, Poverty Areas, Urban Renewal
Conners, Dennis Arthur; Kingrey, Joan U. – Journal of School Leadership, 2006
This article describes the structure and social justice orientation of Gonzaga University's Leadership Formation Program, an innovative, nontraditional graduate program preparing principals, program administrators, and superintendents. Highlighting the virtual school district and complex case study approach used in the program, the article details…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Educational Change, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Administrators
Lawless, John J.; Brooks, Stephanie; Julye, Stacey – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2006
The use of the Internet is growing at a staggering pace. One significant use of the Internet is for potential students and the parents of potential students to explore educational possibilities. Along these lines potential marriage and family therapy students may have many questions that include a program's commitment to cultural diversity. This…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Accreditation (Institutions), Cultural Pluralism, Internet
Maitland, Christine – Thought & Action, 2007
In this article, the author reviews the history of the National Education Association (NEA), which celebrated its 150th year in 2007. Over that time, NEA has been a driving force in education at all levels. The story of NEA is about the building of a unique American school system and the articulation of three levels of education into a unified…
Descriptors: National Organizations, United States History, Educational History, Higher Education
Educational Leadership for Social Justice: Enhancing the Ethical Dimension of Educational Leadership
Everson, Susan Toft; Bussey, Leslie Hazle – Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice, 2007
Much criticism has been levied in recent years on professional preparation programs in schools of education offering the Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) degree. This paper is about Saint Louis University's (SLU) redesigned doctoral program in education (Ed.D) that includes an emphasis on social justice. The purpose here is to describe how the faculty…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Social Justice, Ethics, Instructional Leadership
Raza, Ahmad; Kausar, A. Rashid; Paul, David – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2007
Purpose: This paper aims to make a theoretical critique of the revolutionary sociocultural transformations created by e-learning in the manner knowledge is created, codified, retrieved, managed and transmitted across the boundaries of different cultures. Design/methodology/approach: The structure of these transformations remains European and North…
Descriptors: Democracy, Multilingualism, Foreign Countries, Educational Technology
Greene, David – Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2007
There is an urgent need to build a movement for adult education in the United States. Tens of thousands more classes are needed to enable democratic participation in the economy and society. This dramatic expansion of adult education and literacy should be aimed at the development of critical consciousness and civic participation of over ninety…
Descriptors: Social Control, Adult Education, Adult Students, Equal Education
Huijser, Henk; Bedford, Tas; Bull, David – Online Submission, 2008
This paper explores the potential opportunities that OpenCourseWare (OCW) offers in providing wider access to tertiary education, based on the ideal of "the right to education." It first discusses the wider implications of OCW, and its underlying philosophy, before using a case study of a tertiary preparation program (TPP) at the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Marketing, Social Environment, Access to Education
Duffy, John W. – Democracy & Education, 2008
Eminent African American historian Carter G. Woodson in his book "The Miseducation of the Negro," published a generation before the "Brown v. Board of Education" decision, concerned himself not with the racial composition of classrooms and schools, but with the curricula taught both in the schools and the larger culture. Certainly Woodson…
Descriptors: African American Students, United States History, History Instruction, Civil Rights
Enright, Mary Schaefer; Schaefer, Lawrence V.; Schaefer, Patricia S.; Schaefer, Kristin A. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2008
Lawrence Kohlberg, a psychologist, coined the term "Just Community" to describe a community built on trust and resolution, in which each member participates democratically in the development of the rules and regulations that govern their community life (Kohlberg, 1985). In a school, this means that students and teachers alike actively participate…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Trust (Psychology), Democratic Values, Educational Environment
Gibson, Suanne – Disability & Society, 2006
Contemporary research into "voice as discourse" alerts one to the continuing presence of barriers in education settings. With reference to the "voice" of those labelled with "Special Educational Needs" and/or "Disability", this article suggests these barriers are the effects of an unconscious commitment to…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Inclusion, Mainstreaming, Regular and Special Education Relationship
Gaad, Eman – Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 2006
Although there is a fairly extensive literature on social and educational inclusion of individuals with Down Syndrome (DS) in many countries, very little is produced on the life and education of such individuals in the United Arab Emirates. There is an apparent lack of societal interest in the quality of lives of people with DS. The condition of…
Descriptors: Down Syndrome, Interviews, Misconceptions, Social Support Groups
van Wyk, Berte – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2006
Quality assurance (QA) has gained momentum in South African higher education with national reviews of MBA, MEd, PGECE, BEd and ACE programmes. This article presents an overview of global trends in QA, and comments on some aspects particular to the South African national framework. It explores how the concepts of democracy, knowledge, and social…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Teacher Education, Democracy, Quality Control