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Critical Literacy and the Social Justice Project of Education
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Hilary Janks – English Teaching: Practice and Critique, 2017
Purpose: This paper aims to problematise the notion of social justice and the moral project that underpins critical literacy education. In plural societies, do we all have a shared understanding of what social justice is or how education, currently a dividing practice, might contribute to a better social order? Do we know what "better"…
Descriptors: Critical Literacy, Social Justice, Cultural Context, Foreign Countries
Partner Positioning: Examining International Higher Education Partnerships through a Mutuality Lens
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George Mwangi, Chrystal A. – Review of Higher Education, 2017
Scholarship on international higher education partnerships is often framed by strategic management and organization theories. These approaches are useful, but can minimize how power dynamics and positioning of partners impact engagement and outcomes. This study uses qualitative inquiry to examine 60 international higher education partnerships…
Descriptors: International Education, Higher Education, Partnerships in Education, Power Structure
Contextualizing Distributed Leadership in Higher Education
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Sewerin, Thomas; Holmberg, Robert – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
This case study of development in a technical university situates distributed leadership in higher education in an organizational perspective. Analysis of documentation from development programs and interviews with 10 faculty members showed that leadership practices were related to different institutional logics prominent in four key activities in…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Faculty, Leadership Styles, Leadership Responsibility