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Shaw, Martha – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
Within plural democracies, the concept of 'religious literacy' is commonly understood as denoting the knowledge, skills and understanding "vis-à-vis" religious diversity required of the citizen. In schools across Europe such learning is traditionally housed within Religious Education (RE), the aims of which are increasingly framed in…
Descriptors: World Views, Literacy, Religious Education, Citizenship Education
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Hoggan, Chad; Kloubert, Tetyana – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2020
This is a response to "The Ethical Knower: Rethinking Our Pedagogy in the Age of Trump" by Elana Michelson. We appreciate Michelson's critical evaluation of the appropriateness of transformative learning and the use of personal narrative, as well as the frames and tools she offers to help us deal with current challenges such as…
Descriptors: Transformative Learning, Theory Practice Relationship, Epistemology, Hermeneutics
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Michelson, Elana – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2019
This article seeks to begin a conversation about pedagogical responses to the current moment. Specifically, I argue that two of adult learning's most venerated practices--transformative learning and the use of personal narrative--are insufficiently nuanced to respond effectively to the political divisions and the epistemological chaos represented…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Transformative Learning, Personal Narratives, Political Issues
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Michelson, Elana – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2021
In this commentary, Elana Michelson responds to Chad Hoggan and Tetyana Kloubert's critique of Michelson's "The Ethical Knower: Rethinking Our Pedagogy in the Age of Trump" (2019). Michelson concludes that Hoggan and Kloubert are right to call attention to the reemergence of fascist discourse and action across much of the globe and to…
Descriptors: Ethics, Educational Change, Teaching Methods, Progressive Education
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Iared, Valéria Ghisloti; Di Tullio, Ariane; Payne, Phillip G.; Torres de Oliveira, Haydée – Canadian Journal of Environmental Education, 2015
The contributions and challenges of Gadamer's philosophical hermeneutics and Freire's critical pedagogy to research and practice in environmental education are considered. We present the authors' main concepts and relate them to the principles of critical environmental education that have guided our work in Brazil. Although a raft of current…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Educational Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Critical Theory
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Uljens, Michael; Ylimaki, Rose M. – Educational Governance Research, 2017
This chapter presents non-affirmative theory of education as the foundation for a new research program in education, allowing us to bridge educational leadership, curriculum studies and Didaktik. We demonstrate the strengths of this framework by analyzing literature from educational leadership and curriculum theory/didaktik. In contrast to both…
Descriptors: Educational Theories, Socialization, Educational Research, Instructional Leadership
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Bamber, Phil – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2011
This article draws upon the findings of a study at Liverpool Hope University (LHU) into the transformative nature of International Service-Learning (ISL) experiences for student participants. This research is concerned with the implications of these findings for professional practice, in particular how ISL is constructed in Higher Education policy…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Grounded Theory, Catholic Schools, Transformative Learning