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Wright-Maley, Cory; Hall, Delandrea; Finley, Shakealia Y. – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2023
Trickle-down economics is a fallacious metaphor that hurts working people and the civic commons. In this paper, we discuss the role and impact metaphors have in economics education. We explore the stickiness of "truthy" but ultimately false metaphors and offer economics educators alternative metaphors to displace this problematic…
Descriptors: Ethics, Figurative Language, Economics Education, Language Usage
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Debs, Mira – History of Education Quarterly, 2022
The long history of Montessori education in India dates to 1915, and it was expanded through Maria and Mario Montessori's work in India between 1939 to 1946 and 1947 to 1949. The article characterizes a century of Montessori education in India as a series of "adapted, competing, and contested framings" with key disputes over Montessori…
Descriptors: Educational History, Montessori Method, Foreign Countries, Self Determination
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McFarland, Andrew – History Teacher, 2022
Some historians still hold back from assigning literature out of concern for historical accuracy, but using fiction and popular culture is no longer unusual and, if anything, using novels may be seen as outdated in some circles. The author suggests that one way to reinvigorate the use of the novel when teaching history is to center a class on only…
Descriptors: History Instruction, Teaching Methods, Authors, Undergraduate Students
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Eric B. Claravall; Erica Walthall – Reading Teacher, 2024
It has been more than 50 years since Clay (1966) first introduced the concepts about print (CAP). Emergent readers, aged 4-5, must acquire an understanding of basic and hierarchical concepts of letters, words, and sentences; they must also learn basic knowledge about texts and books; they must develop an awareness of book orientation,…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Literacy Education, Middle Class, Teaching Methods
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Koskela, Minja – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2022
This article explores how social class, "race," and their intersections manifest in Finnish popular music education (PME) through an exploration of popular music practices in one upper elementary music classroom where I worked as a teacher-researcher. By engaging with systems reflexivity, I illustrate how social class, racialization, and…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Music, Music Education, Democracy
Janetha Antoinette Edwards – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive case study was to explore how novice middle-class White female elementary school teachers' implement affective and instructional strategies in teaching in a culturally diverse public school district in a Southwestern state in the United States. The theoretical foundation was Campinha-Bacote Cultural…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, White Teachers, Middle Class, Beginning Teachers
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Xu, Wanru; Spruyt, Bram – Comparative Education, 2022
In recent decades there has been an increasing number of parents opting for alternative forms of education worldwide. However, most studies on this phenomenon are conducted within Western contexts, while little is known about alternative education in China. This paper addresses this gap by providing an overview of alternative education in China…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Definitions, Educational Legislation, Foreign Countries
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Laura Mentini – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2024
In Italy, the National Evaluation System (SNV), encompassing both internal and external accountability components, is designed not only to hold school actors accountable but also to stimulate innovation and change in pedagogical practices. Nevertheless, existing literature presents inconclusive and contradictory findings regarding the effects and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Educational Policy, Instructional Leadership
Norden, Larisa Lvovna – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2021
The article highlights the history and features of parliamentarism development in the Latin America countries. In addition, the need for training on the subject and the effect of increasing students and educators' awareness in this field is examined. This process was lengthy, replete with the examples of various social groups, political trends and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Social Systems, Political Attitudes
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Li, Jin Hui – Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 2021
In recent years, the Danish education context has seen an increased concern about underperforming students with migratory histories (particularly students perceived as non-Western descendants) in the political and pedagogical discourses. There seem to be some historical tensions between the societal expectation of class mobility through education…
Descriptors: Foreign Workers, Educational Experience, Social Differences, Racial Bias
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Szech, Laura – School Community Journal, 2021
The purpose of this study was to understand how teachers reproduce and eventually resist middle-class, White, dominant narratives of family involvement so they can better engage with all students and families. This study occurred in an elementary school setting during a semester-long afterschool professional development course with nine elementary…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Cultural Background, Teacher Student Relationship, Elementary School Students
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Fisher, Forest; Warner, Jared; Mickelson, Nate – PRIMUS, 2019
Gentrification is a complex issue with very real repercussions for urban youth. Games make learning fun and provide a way for students to explore complex systems through recursive play. We describe a board game designed to help students explore ratios and proportional reasoning while simultaneously engaging the causes and effects of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Social Class, Change, Middle Class
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Wang, Chenyu – Learning and Teaching: The International Journal of Higher Education in the Social Sciences, 2021
Using the autoethnographic case study method, this article examines how my positionality as a foreign-born faculty member intersects with the institutional rhetoric of diversity and inclusion present in many predominantly White institutions. My vignettes show that foreign-born faculty, although contributing to the representation of diversity…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Case Studies, Ethnography, Vignettes
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Wynter-Hoyte, Kamania; Boutte, Gloria Swindler – Journal of Negro Education, 2018
The purpose of this qualitative case-study is to examine the complexity and double consciousness of a Black, middle class child navigating church and school. Conceptually, the study draws from Black education and theoretically employs Cultural Historical Activity Theory and identity theories. Three research questions were investigated: (a) How are…
Descriptors: African American Children, African American Students, Middle Class, Churches
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Duggal, Chetna; Dua, Bakul; Chokhani, Ritika; Sengupta, Koyeli – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2020
A significant treatment gap exists in low and middle income countries such as India for children with autism spectrum disorder. The Autism Intervention Training Program, a comprehensive 6-month program for training professionals in transdisciplinary evidence-based practices to address concerns associated with autism spectrum disorder, was piloted…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adult Learning, Student Attitudes, Autism
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