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A Deweyan Critique of the Critical Thinking versus Character Education Debate
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Guy Axtell – Philosophical Inquiry in Education, 2024
What distinguishes the philosophies of education advanced by pragmatists? Does pragmatism have something distinctive to offer contemporary philosophy of education? This paper applies these questions, which Randall Curren asks in "Pragmatist Philosophy of Education" (2009), to a more specific current debate in philosophy of education: the…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Values Education, Educational Philosophy, Teaching Methods
Humility's Role in the Student Voice for Social Justice Pedagogical Method
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Carla Briffett-Aktas; Ji Ying; Koon Lin Wong – Educational Philosophy and Theory, 2024
Humility, in a variety of forms, has been examined in educational contexts in recent years. However, its association with a particular pedagogical method remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Likewise, social justice and student voice are a concern in international education arenas, including in higher education, but are not usually connected to…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intellectual Development, Student Attitudes, Student Participation
The Intellectual War Zone: An Autoethnography of Intellectual Identity Development Despite Oppressive Institutional Socialization
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McCoy, Shuntay Z. – Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 2018
This article utilizes the qualitative methodology of autoethnography for examining how doctoral programs create intellectual war zones for African American students through oppressive institutional socialization. Theoretically grounded in critical race theory, I utilize my counternarrative as an African American graduate student to describe the…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Ethnography, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students
Students' Emotions in Academic Service-Learning
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Noyes, Elise; Darby, Alexa; Leupold, Christopher – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2015
Research has demonstrated the importance of emotions in learning, and academic service-learning (AS-L) has become an increasingly popular pedagogy. However, few studies have investigated emotional experiences specific to AS-L. The purpose of this mixed-methods study was to examine students' emotions related to their AS-L class. Results from the…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Teaching Methods, Emotional Experience, Statistical Analysis
Building the ACS Exams Anchoring Concept Content Map for Undergraduate Chemistry
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Murphy, Kristen; Holme, Thomas; Zenisky, April; Caruthers, Heather; Knaus, Karen – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
The ability to coherently assess content knowledge throughout an entire undergraduate career represents a significant advantage for programmatic assessment strategies. Chemistry, as a discipline, has an unusual tool in this regard because of the nationally standardized exams from the ACS Exams Institute. These exams are norm-referenced and allow…
Descriptors: College Science, Chemistry, Undergraduate Study, Scientific Concepts
Socio-Emotional and Psychological Issues and Needs of Gifted African-American Students: Culture Matters
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Scott, Michelle Trotman – Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching and Learning, 2012
Most of the scholarship on gifted Black children focuses, legitimately, in a disproportionate way on underrepresentation, namely, identification and placement issues, barriers, and recommendations. Comparatively speaking, less attention has focused on socio-emotional (or affective) and psychological needs and development of these students.…
Descriptors: African American Students, Gifted, Educational Experience, Educational Strategies