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JoAnn S. Lee; Michael Wolf-Branigin – Journal of Social Work Education, 2023
The Grand Challenges for Social Work were introduced by the American Academy for Social Work & Social Welfare in 2016, which are social problems that are interrelated and "exceedingly complex". We discuss the relevance of complexity theory, operationalized by complex adaptive systems (CAS), to the Grand Challenges. CAS moves beyond…
Descriptors: Social Work, Social Problems, Counselor Training, Curriculum Development
Kjartan Belseth – Global Education Review, 2024
The aim of this study is to address the importance of implementing discussions about Black Lives Matter in early childhood education and care. The article starts with presenting the background of the study, describing how talking about race and whiteness may perceive difficult to address for both preschool teachers as well as early childhood…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Social Justice, Social Problems, Consciousness Raising
Lisa A. Borgerding; Jennifer L. Heisler; Breanna C. Beaver; A. O. Prince – Journal of Science Teacher Education, 2024
Climate change is a growing global crisis with short and long-term physical and human impacts. Although climate change is a global occurrence, the impacts of climate change are not felt equally among all locations and all groups of people. Climate justice education is a form of social justice education that invites students to consider how the…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Teachers, Science Instruction, Secondary School Teachers
Oluseyi Matthew Odebiyi – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2025
This study explored how elementary teachers identified and adapted their personal experiences, or lack of them, to address social issues that students face in classrooms. The study involved six elementary school teachers. Using ethics of care and justice theories, the findings show that teachers use their own experiences to help them make…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Public School Teachers, Teaching Methods, Curriculum Development
Jomeh, Sayyed Mahdi Emami; Tabatabei, Sayyed Mehran – Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, 2022
Mulla Sadra's philosophy has an ontological approach. However, his explicit texts or philosophical foundations in social issues such as education and especially the curriculum and its relationship with learning methods can be extracted. Mulla Sadra's different approach to learning has distinguished his educational system from other educational…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Educational Philosophy, Social Problems, Teaching Methods
Peng Zhang; Enze Guo – Human Rights Education Review, 2024
As China increasingly engages in global human rights mechanisms, it has demonstrated a commitment to reforming its national curriculum. Through examining textbooks published during Xi Jinping's tenure, this study investigates how China embeds human rights issues in the English language curriculum. The findings indicate that the human rights issues…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Propaganda, Foreign Countries, National Curriculum
O'Connor, Peter; Gregorzewski, Moema – Teachers and Curriculum, 2022
Underpinning drama education in New Zealand is the desire to improve the lives of individuals, communities and societies by catalysing embodied learning in and through the art form of theatre. Learning in drama is intended to foster well-being, social cohesion and active citizenship. Put another way, drama education in New Zealand has always been…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Drama, Teaching Methods, Indigenous Knowledge
Cameron Guthrie – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2024
Business schools have a responsibility for educating global citizens capable of understanding and addressing the major societal challenges of the 21st century. However, working on complex societal problems within business school curricula remains a challenge. This teaching brief presents a learning project that helps instructors introduce…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Business Schools, Experiential Learning, News Media
Julie A. Reuben – History of Education Quarterly, 2024
Fear for the future of democracy in the 1930s and 1940s led university educators to redefine the purpose of general education as preparation for democratic citizenship. This mobilized social scientists to engage in curricular reform and experiment with progressive pedagogical practices in new general education courses. These courses have been…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Democracy, Higher Education, United States History
Trebiocchi, Chiara – NECTFL Review, 2022
Post-communicative methodologies nowadays provide instructors with multiple curricular models to reimagine their syllabi, design creative assignments, and prepare their lessons. Yet, challenging topics are still often avoided, fearing students' limited language proficiency. Conversely, compelling content--carefully presented and pedagogically…
Descriptors: Italian, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Course Descriptions
Lailatussaadah; Jamil, Asyraf Isyraqi Bin; Kadir, Fakhrul Adabi Bin Abdul – International Journal of Higher Education, 2020
This research aims at finding out the implementation formula of entrepreneurship education at the university. The searching of electronic journal articles by using database such as: JSTOR, SAGE, Proquest, Elsevier, Emerald Insigth, and Google Scholar from 2009 until the end of October 2019. The keywords: "entrepreneurship education,"…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Universities
Bickmore, Kathy; Kishani Farahani, Najme – Journal on Education in Emergencies, 2022
Building durable peace through education requires addressing the gender ideologies and hierarchies that encourage both direct physical aggression and indirect harm through marginalization and exploitation. Although formal education systems are shaped by gendered patterns of social conflict, enmity, and inequity, schools can help young people to…
Descriptors: Peace, Teaching Methods, Sustainability, Public Schools
Morris, Kimberly; Brougham, Rose Marie – Hispania, 2021
World language classrooms in the United States have been significantly impacted by the physical and ideological disruptions experienced in recent history. Such disruptive times call for the reform of pedagogical practices to raise awareness of social justice issues and ignite real change both in and out of language classrooms. This essay outlines…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Curriculum Development, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Learning
Elementary Literacy Teachers Change the Underlying Story through Transformative Read-Aloud Curricula
Vlach, Saba Khan – Journal of Children's Literature, 2022
Transformative, anti-oppressive curricula, as theorized by Banks (1989, 2014) and Kumashiro (2001, 2009), directly address present-day realities of racism, discrimination, and oppression. According to Banks (1989), a transformative curriculum includes "the infusion of various perspectives, frames of reference, and content from various groups,…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Cultural Relevance, Reading Aloud to Others, Transformative Learning
van der Meer, Frans-Bauke; Marks, Peter – Teaching Public Administration, 2018
The pace of societal change and the development of societal challenges have speeded up considerably during the last couple of decades, with substantial impact on different levels, i.e. ranging from global to local, or from business to government. When focusing on the public domain, these changes and challenges have had a major impact on public…
Descriptors: Public Administration Education, Masters Programs, Midlife Transitions, Career Change