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Das, Bagmi; Farrell, Isabel; Vashisht, Kriti; Gantt-Howrey, Alexandra; Simpson, Elisabeth; Johnson, Adrianne – International Journal of Multicultural Education, 2023
Social justice is a critical component of many of the helping disciplines. Similar goals govern these different disciplines, which are reflected in the scholarship of their professional training. However, the crossover in scholarship is limited. This review of social justice andragogy literature from various fields in the United States creates a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Social Justice, Andragogy, Social Work
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Jones, Alexander Harris – International Journal of Christianity & Education, 2019
Many American evangelical college students today enter into college with a new awareness of justice-related issues. However, situating student commitments to justice in a larger discourse on critical-consciousness development is necessary for educators to assist students in their justice development. This article reviews the literature on…
Descriptors: Social Change, Religious Education, Educational Philosophy, Student Attitudes
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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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Bennett, Jeffrey V.; Alsbury, Thomas L.; Fan, Jingjing – International Journal of Leadership in Education, 2016
This study explores participant experiences at two contrasting high schools in a large, urban school district in crisis who implemented mandatory community-based learning (CBL) (e.g. community service, work-based internships) as a policy of reform. Rawls' theory of justice as fairness is used to examine capacity of the district formal policy to…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, High Schools, Educational Change, Equal Education
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Lesser, Lawrence M. – Journal of Statistics Education, 2007
Despite the dearth of literature specifically on teaching statistics using social justice, there is precedent in the more general realm of teaching using social justice, or even in teaching mathematics using social justice. This article offers an overview of content examples, resources, and references that can be used in the specific area of…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Statistics, Mathematics Instruction, Critical Thinking
Mitchell, Tania D. – Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, 2008
There is an emerging body of literature advocating a "critical" approach to community service learning with an explicit social justice aim. A social change orientation, working to redistribute power, and developing authentic relationships are most often cited in the literature as points of departure from traditional service-learning. This…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Service Learning, Social Change, Critical Theory
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Harre, Niki – Journal of Community Psychology, 2007
This article reviews the literature on community service and activism, particularly in youth, using the theoretical approach provided by an identity projects framework. This framework allows for an examination of the contextual and experiential factors that contribute to the emergence and maintenance of an identity project of service or activism.…
Descriptors: Integrity, Individualism, Activism, Literature Reviews