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Mills, Carmen; Ballantyne, Julie – Journal of Teacher Education, 2016
Teachers play a crucial role in promoting more equitable educational outcomes for marginalized students from low socio-economic backgrounds. Correspondingly, there is a clear warrant for preservice teacher education to work toward the development of teachers who are socially just in their beliefs and practices. This article comprises a systematic…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Outcomes of Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Attitudes
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Lasen, Michelle; Tomas, Louisa; Hill, Angela – Teaching Education, 2015
This research investigates the potential of service-learning to develop a situated, embodied and critically reflective human agency for sustainability. It employs document analysis to review the intended curriculum and the institutional contexts of national and international cases wherein service-learning is a component of pre-service teacher…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Sustainability, Competence, Preservice Teachers
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O'Flaherty, Joanne; Liddy, Mags; Tansey, Lorraine; Roche, Cathy – Education & Training, 2011
Purpose: This paper aims to describe the four education projects that demonstrate how Irish education provision is adapting to meet social and economic changes: Ubuntu Network working to integrate education for sustainable development (ESD) into teacher education; Community Knowledge Initiative (CKI) facilitating service learning modules at higher…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Citizenship, Service Learning, Learning Modules
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Harris, Clodagh – Journal of Political Science Education, 2010
This article investigates the use of service-learning in teaching active democratic citizenship in the postgraduate classroom. In particular it draws on a case study of an MBS Government module (GV6104) entitled "Political Participation and Mobilisation" that explores the relationship between democracy and participation. Students of this…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Student Attitudes, Citizenship, Democracy
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Boland, Josephine – Issues in Educational Research, 2010
This paper considers the prospects for sustainable service/community based learning as an element of a civic engagement strategy within the context of teacher education. It draws on findings of a study of the policy, process and practice of embedding civic engagement in the higher education curriculum in Ireland and the author's experience…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Curriculum Development, Service Learning, Foreign Countries
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Murphy, Timothy – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2006
This article will attempt to sketch what are considered to be the necessary conditions for the advancement of democratic citizenship in society today. The pivotal role that education plays in this process will be examined and, for that purpose, particular reference will be made to two very influential educationalists, who have written extensively…
Descriptors: Citizenship, Democracy, Service Learning, Educational Practices