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Trifonova, Maria Petrova – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2023
A high-quality pre-school education will improve the well-being of all children, especially those with special needs for support, will enhance their development, with respect of diversity and dignity. The article presents the results of an exploratory study on those aspects of the quality of pre-school education that are important for implementing…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Inclusion, Language Acquisition, Foreign Countries
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Smith, Clint – Harvard Educational Review, 2017
While policy makers and scholars often measure the success of prison education programs by quantitative outcomes such as recidivism and post-release employment, there is a gap in the literature with regard to how these programs facilitate community building, identity development, and agency. For the 159,000 people serving life sentences in the…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Role of Education, Writing Instruction
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Ndlovu, Nokwanda – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2021
This paper details my efforts as an Indigenous African scholar to indigenize the research process -- from conception to publication -- across three data collection sites in South Africa. To respect the vulnerability and culture of the participants, Zulu and Xhosa cultural values like "hlonipha" (respect) and "ubuntu"…
Descriptors: African Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes
Yasmene Mumby – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Baltimoreans United in Leadership Development (BUILD) is radically pressuring institutions of power to rebuild and support Baltimore's families with livable-wage employment through their jobs movement, called Turnaround Tuesday. The organization has secured over 800 living-wage jobs for its participants, with a 2-year retention rate of 83% with…
Descriptors: Fund Raising, Communication Strategies, Leadership Training, Living Standards
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Callan, Eamonn – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2016
Recent student demands within the academy for "safe space" have aroused concern about the constraints they might impose on free speech and academic freedom. There are as many kinds of safety as there are threats to the things that human beings might care about. That is why we need to be very clear about the specific threats of which the…
Descriptors: Safety, Freedom of Speech, Human Dignity, Intellectual Freedom
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Glaser, Clive – History of Education, 2019
This paper focuses on the now-discarded practice of corporal punishment at Morris Isaacson High School, an important public school in Soweto. Corporal punishment, widely accepted by both students and parents, was central to the disciplinary regime of the school during the 1960s and 1970s. 'Morris' was one of the very few high schools in Soweto to…
Descriptors: Punishment, Educational History, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Catibušic, Bronagh; Gallagher, Fiona; Karazi, Shadi – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2021
This paper describes a research project investigating language and intercultural support for adult Syrian refugees in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme (IRPP). Learning the language of the host community has been identified as a crucial factor in resettlement satisfaction for adult refugees, with particular difficulties reported…
Descriptors: Refugees, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Social Integration
OECD Publishing, 2020
The OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) examines what students know in reading, mathematics and science, and what they can do with what they know. It provides the most comprehensive and rigorous international assessment of student learning outcomes to date. Results from PISA indicate the quality and equity of learning…
Descriptors: Test Results, Achievement Tests, International Assessment, Foreign Countries
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O'Meara,Gregory J. – Creighton Journal of Interdisciplinary Leadership, 2019
Gillian Hadfield's astute Rules for a Flat World proposes a private market solution to rule-making because the current legislative or regulatory framework no longer meets the needs of a fast-paced digital economy. Further, lawyers have largely priced themselves out of the reach of many who would benefit from their services. By laying out…
Descriptors: Books, Authors, Human Dignity, Civil Rights
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Mino, Takako; Heto, Prince Paa-Kwesi – Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, 2020
African traditional education and soka approaches to education share a common vision of human education, which is key to transforming the education crisis facing Africa. We make this case in four steps. First, we explore the history of education in Africa to illustrate the roots of the crisis. Second, we introduce soka approaches to education, its…
Descriptors: African Culture, Indigenous Knowledge, Educational Change, Educational History
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De Leon, Leticia; Bennett, Kara – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2019
This paper describes a qualitative study that examined how preservice teachers engaged in a "Second Life" activity intended to help them reflect on how knowledge of human rights may affect their professional practice. This process utilized a problem-solving strategy to determine their goal-oriented character traits. Therefore, the…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Protocol Analysis, Problem Solving, Preservice Teachers
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Chronaki, Anna; Kollosche, David – ZDM: The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 2019
Although many scholars in the field of mathematics education are aware that identity discourses are highly political, research in the field usually lacks a framework theoretically and methodologically to address the political dimension of identity research. Based on Laclau and Mouffe's discourse theory and the case of a female secondary school…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Females
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Brestovanský, Martin; Gubricová, Janette; Libercanová, Kristína; Bizová, Nada; Geršicová, Zuzana – Acta Educationis Generalis, 2018
Introduction: The aim of the study was to find out what is the understanding of relatively new terms coming into the cultures of Middle-European countries -- inclusion, diversity, and equality (hereinafter referred to as IDE) -- from the point of view of young people (n=30) and youth workers (n=16) in Slovakia. Methods: For data gathering, we used…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Diversity, Social Justice, Foreign Countries
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Lin, Jing – Education and Urban Society, 2016
This article provides a discussion of the book, "Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities" by Martha C. Nussbaum from the perspective of a visiting scholar to the United States from China. It begins by addressing two critical topics discussed by Nussbaum: consequences of focusing only on economic growth and the importance of…
Descriptors: Democracy, Humanities, Economic Development, Humanistic Education
Szczupal, Bernadetta – International Journal of Psycho-Educational Sciences, 2017
The institution of incapacitation is perceived in the context of the assurance of legal support for people who, due to the condition of their health and to other circumstances, require such support. Pursuant to Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities have the…
Descriptors: Human Dignity, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students with Disabilities, Accessibility (for Disabled)
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