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Opening up and closing down teachers’ political dialogues: Dialectic and dialogic strategic orientations Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-19 Fiona Westbrook
This paper employs Mikhail Bakhtin for a dialogic reading of dialectics, conceptualising how early childhood education (ECE) teachers’ political dialogues are opened up and closed down. Exploration...
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Revisiting Rancière’s ‘radical democracy’ for contemporary education policy analysis Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-18 Jane McDonnell
Just over a decade on from a spike of interest in Jacques Rancière’s writing within educational philosophy and theory, I revisit his interventions on democracy and education to make the case for (r...
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Book review as method writing philosophical autoethnography Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-15 Dave Yan
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Minor pedagogy: Education as continuous variation Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Laura E. Smithers, Lisa A. Mazzei
In this paper, the authors consider the intersections of philosophy and education. Extending the concept of a minor pedagogy first presented by Mazzei and Smithers (2020), the authors reorient thin...
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Teaching for human dignity: Making room for children and teachers in contemporary schools Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-08 Cara Furman, Sara Abu-Rumman, Joan Bradbury, Meghan Brindley, Allison Greer
How do we teach for human dignity in a context where life is, generally speaking, not treated as precious? How do we carve spaces for humanity amidst inhumane contexts? In this paper, five experien...
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The philosophy of emotions: Implementing character education through poetry Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-05 Kristian Guttesen
This paper investigates the concept of emotion and its relevance to education via character education through the medium of poetry. The objective is to demonstrate the potential implementation of c...
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Educating with Paulo Freire: Teaching and learning on the digital culture Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-04 Antônio Zuin, Roseli Rodrigues de Mello
In the so-called digital culture, there is a constant presence of radical transformations on the cognitive and affective dimensions of the relations established among teachers and students. Upon th...
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Correction Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-04
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Correction Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-02
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Neuropower and plastic writing: Stiegler and Malabou on generative AI Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-04-01 Julien S. Murphy, Constance Mui
A leading critic of the disruptive force of technology in education, Bernard Stiegler saw the counter-effects of artificial intelligence in undermining human agency, autonomy and individuality, ren...
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Conceptualising praxis, agency and learning: A postabyssal exploration to strengthen the struggle over alternative futures Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Nick Hopwood
Educational researchers are increasingly striving on the edge of possibility to re-imagine and realise the future. Activist scholarship requires appropriate philosophical and theoretical bases, wha...
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Insufficient and inadequate democracy? Exploring coloniality and possibilities for the teaching of slavery in Europe Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Marta da Costa, Yvonne Sinclair, Karen Pashby
In the context of calls to decolonise education in European contexts, this paper draws on coloniality-based critiques of Eurocentric modernity to take up the links between democracy, slavery, and c...
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Humility’s role in the student voice for social justice pedagogical method Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-28 Carla Briffett-Aktaş, Ji Ying, Koon Lin Wong
Humility, in a variety of forms, has been examined in educational contexts in recent years. However, its association with a particular pedagogical method remains an unexplored area of inquiry. Like...
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Beyond hope and despair: The radical imagination as a collective practice for uprising Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-26 Elke Van dermijnsbrugge
This paper investigates the concepts of hope, despair and the radical imagination, driven by the following questions: Can we exist beyond the binaries of hope and despair, two key concepts that dri...
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Cultivating criticality through transformative critical thinking curriculums in a time of flux and transformation Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Wei Liao, Rui Yuan
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Freire and environmentalism: ecopedagogy Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Hossein Davari, Amir Ghorbanpour
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Indigenising research: Moanaroa a philosophy for practice Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Dion Enari, Jacoba Matapo, Yvonne Ualesi, Radilaite Cammock, Hilda Port, Juliet Boon, Albert Refiti, Inez Fainga’a-Manu Sione, Reviewers: Patrick Thomsen, Ruth (Lute) Faleolo
Growing interest in Pacific issue’s has meant a surge in Pacific research across the globe. Sadly, some research on Pacific people has been done without Pacific knowledge, wisdom and culture. As Pa...
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Digitalization of the university and its stakes – digital materalities, organology and academic practices Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-05 Maciej Bednarski
Digitalization of (higher) education has been an increasingly important subject in the recent years, spiking especially due to pandemic lockdowns. While many scholars and third parties consider thi...
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The curator’s cure – Curing visual stupidity in the age of symbolic misery Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-03-01 Mateo Belgrano
Bernard Stiegler diagnoses that we live in societies of control under an aesthetic conditioning. Marketing emerges as the foundational force in societies of control, adept at shaping individual des...
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Systems beings: Educating for a complex world Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-29 Derek Gladwin, Naoko Ellis
A multitude of global challenges that society grapples with, including climate change, social injustices, and economic disparities, persist largely due to the shortcomings of effectively responding...
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Troubling the boundaries of traditional schooling for a rapidly changing future – Looking back and looking forward Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Christoph Teschers, Till Neuhaus, Michaela Vogt
Rapid technological advancements, globalisation, environmental crises, and ongoing conflicts have contributed to an increasingly quickly changing social, cultural, and work environment for current ...
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Data justice in education: Toward a research agenda Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Luci Pangrazio, Glenn Auld, Julianne Lynch, Carly Sawatzki, Gavin Duffy, Shelley Hannigan, Jo O’Mara
Educational institutions increasingly rely on digital platforms to deliver content and learning, monitor attendance, communicate with stakeholders, and evaluate institutional performance. Despite t...
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Revisiting the origin of critical thinking Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-26 Joe Y. F. Lau
There are two popular views regarding the origin of critical thinking: (1) The concept of critical thinking began with Socrates and his Socratic method of questioning. (2) The term ‘critical thinki...
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Education for people-yet-to-come: Imaginary projects in the Anthropocene Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Lilija Duobliene
This paper analyzes the future of education, especially the future changes in education and the people that will occupy the field. What kind of people are we educating for the future? To answer thi...
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Authoritarian personality, antidemocratic behavior, and ethnocentrism in Brazil Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-23 Mônica Guimarães Teixeira do Amaral, Marina Pereira de Almeida Mello, Maria da Glória Calado
Inspired by the Studies on authoritarian personality and based on contemporary research on authoritarianism in Brazil, we will analyze the construction of the idol aura surrounding former president...
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Back to the university’s future: The second coming of Humboldt Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-02-10 Sharon Rider
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The flows of transnationalism: Questioning identities and reimagining curriculum Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-01-22 Dugyum Kim
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Notions of resistances and points of entry for texts formats in teacher physics education Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2024-01-09 Joselaine Setlik
We develop the notions of resistance and points of entry in the context of alternative written textual formats used in physics teacher education. Studies point out that textbooks have played an imp...
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Ecohumanism, democratic culture and activist pedagogy: Attending to what the known demands of us Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-12-22 Nimrod Aloni, Wiel Veugelers
In two different occasions in the twentieth century John Dewey and Maxine Greene stressed the point that educators should attend to ‘what the known demands of us’. Following this dictum, from a cri...
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Critical thinking for transformative praxis in teacher education: Music, media and information literacy, and social studies in the United States Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-12-04 Richard Miller, Katrina Liu, Christopher B. Crowley, Min Yu
The notion and practice of critical thinking (CT) has moved from its speculative formation by John Dewey to a standard element in teacher education curricula and standards. In the process, CT has n...
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Decolonizing higher education pedagogy: Insights from critical, collaborative professionalism in practice Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-11-24 Peter I. De Costa, Laxmi Prasad Ojha, Vashti Wai Yu Lee, D. Philip Montgomery
Building on the long-standing tradition of challenging oppression and questioning whose interests are being served in the field of language education, we report on a study that involved a group of ...
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Passing the torch: Special issue on Michael Peters’ contributions to Educational Philosophy and Theory Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-11-23 Liz Jackson, Marek Tesar
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Vol. 55, No. 14, 2023)
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Non-affirmative theory of education and Bildung Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Yongjin Wang
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The impracticality of practical research: a history of contemporary sciences of change that conserve Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-11-07 Maria Alfredo Moreira
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Experiences of indigenous (Māori/Pasifika) early career academics Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-10-31 Georgina Tuari Stewart, Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa, Dion Enari, Cecelia Faumuina, Deborah Heke, Dion Henare, Taniela Lolohea, Megan Phillips, Hilda Port, Nimbus Staniland, Nooroa Tapuni, Rerekura Teaurere, Yvonne Ualesi, Leilani Walker, Nesta Devine, Jacoba Matapo
This article presents narratives from 13 Indigenous early career academics (ECAs) at one university in Auckland, New Zealand. These experiences are likely to represent those of Indigenous Māori and...
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From the Archimedean point to circles in the sand—Post-sustainable curriculum and the critical subject Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-10-28 Pasi Takkinen, Jani Pulkki, Tere Vadén
Critical thinking (CT) is frequently mentioned as a key competence in sustainability curricula. In this context our era is often diagnosed as being ‘post-truth’, indicating an epistemic concern. Ho...
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The traumatic aspect of naming: Psychoanalysis and the Freirean subject of (class) antagonism Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-10-14 Alex J. Armonda
Deploying a Lacanian conceptual framework, this article interrogates the psychoanalytic underpinnings of Paulo Freire’s dialogical method of critical pedagogy. The paper advances the claim that the...
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John Cage and the aesthetic pedagogy of chance & silence Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Nathaniel Woodward
The composer, author, and teacher, John Cage, was exercised by our ‘inability’ to truly listen when approaching sound. In exploring the influences on Cage’s avant-garde style, specifically the spir...
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Beyond situational meaning: From Dewey’s aesthetic experience to sensuous abstraction for deep learning Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Qing Archer Zhang
This paper seeks to introduce a meaning-making process called ‘sensuous abstraction’ as one approach to aesthetic experience in line with Dewey’s philosophy. Dewey highlights aesthetic experience a...
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Illuminating proximate ambivalence: Affect, body, and space in COVID-19 digitally-mediated teaching and learning Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-09-28 Paul E. Bylsma, Riyad A. Shahjahan
We offer the concept of proximate ambivalence to highlight the ambiguity inherent in the social and spatial relations of higher education’s digitally-mediated teaching and learning that replaced in...
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Mobility and immobility during COVID-19: A narrative inquiry into the wellness of international high school students in Canada Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-09-25 Yan Guo, Yingling Lou, Erin Spring
Through the conceptual and analytical lens of intersectionality, this article explores the wellness of international high school students (IHSS) in Canada during COVID-19. Two research questions gu...
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Ethics and educational technology: Reflection, interrogation, and design as a framework for practice, Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-09-11 Yujie Huang
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Teachers taking spiritual turns: A practice-centred approach to educators and spirituality via Michel Foucault Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-09-04 Remy Yi Siang Low
Abstract In the face of challenging circumstances, many teachers turn to spirituality for sustenance and strength. Yet spirituality’s place in education and in educators’ lives has long been a matter of confusion and contention, not least because of the ambiguity of the term in its common usage. What is its relationship to religion? And what defines it? In this article, I submit that the later work
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To have or to be - Reimagining the focus of education for sustainable development Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-21 Qudsia Kalsoom
Three decades ago, the term Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) entered educational discourse. However, it is important to note that the concept of ‘ESD’ did not emerge from scholarly debat...
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The Alternative University: Lessons from Bolivarian Venezuela Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Raia Apostolova, Mariya Ivancheva
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Matthew Lipman and Ann Margaret Sharp. Philosophy for Children’s Educational RevolutionRoberto Franzini Tibaldeo, Springer, 2023, 103 pp., USD 42.49 (e-book), ISBN 9783031241482 Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-07 Jelson Roberto de Oliveira
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Subversive Pedagogies: Radical Possibility in the Academy, edited by Kate Schick and Claire Timperley, Routledge, 2021, 244 pp., USD 35.09, ISBN 9781003217183 (e-book) Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 V. S. Anila
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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The metaphysical novel as educator: Simone de Beauvoir’s philosophy of lived experience Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Mordechai Gordon
This essay analyzes the educational significance of the metaphysical novel, that is, how it can be used to educate ourselves and our students. Mordechai Gordon begins by describing the nature of th...
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Comparative and decolonial studies in philosophy of education Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Yongjin Wang
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Bostad, I., Papastephanou, M., and Strand, T. (editors) (2023). Justice, Education, and the World of Today Philosophical Investigations Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-07-28 Shaun Best
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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‘Dance with shackles on’: Navigating critical thinking in English language classrooms during COVID-19 and beyond Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-07-26 Min Zou, Zehang Chen
Abstract The outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic has significant social, educational and psychological impacts. While teachers are key agents to promote CT at the curriculum level, little is known about how English language teachers engage with CT in the wake of COVID-19. Drawing on teacher interviews and classroom observations, the study found that the participating teachers navigated the various affordances
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Chronotopic thresholds: A feeling for the future Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-07-18 E. Jayne White, Catherine Matsuo, Fiona Westbrook, Caryl Emerson, Bridgette Redder, Mahtab Janfada, Dandan Cao, Mikhail Gradovski
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Racism, white supremacy and Roberto Esposito’s biopolitics through the lens of Black affect studies: Implications for an affirmative educational biopolitics Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-07-07 Michalinos Zembylas
The objective of this article is to engage in a critical review of Roberto Esposito’s biopolitical account by including a thoroughgoing interrogation of racism and white supremacy through the lens ...
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The craft of acting as a pedagogical model for living a flourishing life in a world of tensions and contradictions Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-27 Katja Frimberger
In this paper, I explore German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s conception of the art of acting, and his views on the new actor’s conduct towards their craft, as a pedagogical model for Brechts’ broade...
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Pedagogy of scale: Unmastering time, teaching and living through crises Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Kasia Mika-Bresolin
What does it mean to teach, live, and imagine one’s futures amidst a global pandemic? How to respond to the reality of unequal and overlapping crises, COVID-19 being one of them? Can alternative un...
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Islam, education and radicalism in Indonesia: Instructing piety Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Hamdhan Djainudin, Sapendi, Muhamad Ulul Albab Musaffa
Published in Educational Philosophy and Theory (Ahead of Print, 2023)
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Curriculum and the cultivation of critical thinking: A critical realist conception Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Shi Pu, Hao Xu
Abstract In this article, we offer a critical realist conception of curriculum that aims to cultivate critical thinking (CT) and liberate students from egocentric rationality. We first examine egocentric rationality as a problem emerging from the technicist paradigm of cultivating CT in higher education, exemplified by issues arising from the pedagogical activity of debate. We then examine existing
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Capitalising shadow education: A critical discourse analysis of private tuition websites in Singapore Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-24 Peter Teo, Dorothy Koh
Shadow education, or supplementary private tutoring, has expanded to become a multi-billion-dollar industry worldwide, capitalising on the desires of parents and their children to succeed and excel...
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Polyphonic agency as precondition for teachers’ research literacy Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Mirva Heikkilä, Andreas Eriksen
This article provides a conceptual clarification of the complementary relationship between teachers’ research literacy and their role-based agency. In many countries, teachers are increasingly expe...
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Making kin: Exploring new philosophical and pedagogical openings in sustainability education in higher education Educational Philosophy and Theory (IF 2.054) Pub Date : 2023-06-22 Karen Malone, Tracy Young
Abstract This paper is an exploration of evolving ideas, urgencies, and actions that we have experimented with in our teaching of an environmental sustainability subject with pre-service teachers at an Australian university. It is a work in progress. Through this shared educator-student teaching and learning process we feel the tensions of contradictory forces that disrupt the flow of prior teaching