Tolerance and Dissent within Education
Tolerance and Dissent within Education

Author: Nuraan Davids

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 3319581090

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This book explores how the concept of tolerance might be understood, cultivated and enacted in and through educational encounters. It argues that by opening up educational encounters to allow for ‘dissent’ – that is, disagreement, criticism and open dialogue – our everyday social life experiences and relationships would flourish, and potentially allow for a more peaceful and harmonious co-existence alongside those with whom we disagree. Dissent does not mean that ‘anything goes’; what is needed is considerate and responsible recognition of distinct and diverse perspectives. Tolerance is sometimes regarded as a simple and uncritical celebration of difference, and sometimes dismissed as a necessary and resentful acceptance of others. Here, the authors make a compelling case for ‘conditional tolerance’, which requires us to continuously reflect on the limits of what we are willing to tolerate. The book will be an indispensable resource for researchers and students working in the areas of education, philosophy and sociology, particularly those with an interest in educational freedom, democracy and social justice.

Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent

Author: Thomas C. Hunt

Publisher: SAGE Publications

Published: 2010-01-12

Total Pages: 1113

ISBN-13: 1452265739

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Educational reform, and to a lesser extent educational dissent, occupy a prominent place in the annals of U.S. education. Whether based on religious, cultural, social, philosophical, or pedagogical grounds, they are ever-present in our educational history. Although some reforms have been presented as a remedy for society′s ills, most programs were aimed toward practical transformation of the existing system to ensure that each child will have a better opportunity to succeed in U.S. society. Educational reform is a topic rich with ideas, rife with controversy, and vital in its outcome for school patrons, educators, and the nation as a whole. With nearly 450 entries, these two volumes comprise the first reference work to bring together the strands of reform and reformers and dissent and dissenters in one place as a resource for parents, policymakers, scholars, teachers, and those studying to enter the teaching profession. Key Features Opens with a historical overview of educational reform and dissent and a timeline of key reforms, legislation, publications, and more Examines the reform or dissent related to education found in theories, concepts, ideas, writings, research, and practice Addresses how reformers and dissenters become significant culture-shaping people and change the way we conduct our lives Key Themes Accountability Biographies Concepts and Theories Curriculum and Instruction Diversity Finances and Economics Government Organizations?Advisory Organizations?Business and Foundations Organizations?Curriculum Organizations?Government Organizations?Professional Organizations?Think Tanks Public Policy Religion and Religious Education Reports School Types Special Needs Technology This authoritative work fills a void in the literature in the vast areas of educational reform and dissent, making it a must-have resource for any academic library. Availability in print and electronic formats provides students with convenient, easy access, wherever they may be.

Precarious International Multicultural Education:Hegemony, Dissent and Rising Alternatives
Precarious International Multicultural Education:Hegemony, Dissent and Rising Alternatives

Author: Handel Kashope Wright

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-09-22

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 9460918948

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Multiculturalism and multicultural education are at a paradoxical moment. There is work that continues as if the multicultural hegemony was still intact and on the other hand work articulated as if multiculturalism was decidedly passe. The essays in this collection will be of considerable interest to academics, policy makers and students of both multiculturalism and multicultural education principally because they touch on both perspectives but concentrate for the most part on the thorny problematic of the workings of multicultural education in its present precarious moment. Given the renewed, urgent attacks in various western countries, the cottage industry of “death of multiculturalism” texts and the rise of the interculturalism, transnationalism, diaspora alternatives, is multiculturalism dying? Are the ends of multiculturalism- the management or celebration of diversity; representation and recognition for all in society; creation of just and equitable communities at the global, national and local school classroom levels- better theorized and realized through the ascendant alternatives? Representing the precarious moment in Canada, Ireland, Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom, the essays in this collection address these questions and both depict and trouble hegemonic multicultural education and contrast it with its supposed successor regimes.

Marcuse's Challenge to Education
Marcuse's Challenge to Education

Author: Douglas Kellner

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Published: 2009-01-16

Total Pages: 265

ISBN-13: 0742564657

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Marcuse’s Challenge to Education, a collection of unpublished lecture notes by the thinker himself as well as essays by scholars who have explicated his theories, examines Herbert Marcuse’s ground-breaking critique of education as well as his own pedagogical alternatives. Edited by Douglas Kellner, this compilation provides an overview of the various themes of Marcuse’s challenges to traditional education and connections with ideas of other radical thinkers ranging from Bloch and Freire to Freud and Lacan.

Public Spaces, Private Lives
Public Spaces, Private Lives

Author: Henry A. Giroux

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780742525269

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While many of the essays in this book were written before 9/11, they point to a number of important issues such as the commercialization of public life, the stepped up militarization, racial profiling, and the threat to basic civil liberties that have been resurrected since the terrorist attacks. Public Spaces, Private Lives serves to legitimate the claim that there is much in America that has not changed since 9/11. Rather than a dramatic change, what we are witnessing is an intensification and acceleration of the contradictions that threatened American democracy before the tragic events of 9/11. Hence, Public Spaces, Private Lives offers a context for both understanding and critically engaging the combined threats posed by the increase in domestic militarization and a neoliberal ideology that substitutes market values for those democratic values that are crucial to rethinking what a vibrant democracy would look like in the aftermath of September 11th.

The Courage Factor
The Courage Factor

Author: Raleigh Kirby Godsey

Publisher: Mercer University Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13: 9780865549869

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This remarkable collection of essays spans more than twenty-five years as president of Mercer University. As such, they form a corpus of thought by a university president who believes that the university can and does have a role in shaping culture and society, and is a leading factor in the architecture of our future.

Becoming Political
Becoming Political

Author: Carole L. Hahn

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 1998-04-02

Total Pages: 328

ISBN-13: 1438405405

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This book sheds light on the question: Under what conditions do democratic attitudes and values take root in youth? Using a comparative perspective, Becoming Political describes alternative forms of education for democracy and points to consequences of various alternatives in diverse settings. This study of civic education and adolescent political attitudes contains rich descriptive information from interviews with students and teachers and classroom observations in England, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United States. Such qualitative information gathered over the past decade complements findings from surveys administered to students ages fifteen through nineteen in fifty schools in the five countries. Chapters focus on civic education in the five countries, adolescent political attitudes and behaviors, gender and political attitudes, support for free expression for diverse views, and classroom climate and the investigation of controversial public policy issues. An appendix describes the varied political contexts in which youth in the five democracies are being politically socialized. The book will be of use to readers interested in social studies education, comparative education, and youth political socialization, as well as education for democracy.

Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Science and Technology in Elementary Education (ICSTEE 2023)
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Science and Technology in Elementary Education (ICSTEE 2023)

Author: Ramlan Mahmud

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 341

ISBN-13: 2384762109

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Zusammenfassung: This is an open access book. The 2nd International Conference of Science Technology of Elementary Education (ICSTEE) 2023 was held on 9th of November 2023 by virtual. This conference is organized by Elementary Teacher Education Faculty of Education State University of Makassar (Jurusan PGSD FIP Universitas Negeri Makassar). The ICSTEE is the 2nd international conference dedicated to the advancement of the theory and practices in elementary education. The aims of the 2nd ICSTEE is to provide an opportunity for researchers, academicians, teachers, practices and university students and all the people who care the development of elementary education quality and education in general to promote research