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From virtual reality to cultural reality: integration of virtual reality into teaching culture in foreign language education Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-03-29 Dara Tafazoli
Purpose This research paper aimed to investigate the affordances of using virtual reality (VR) in teaching culture among in-service teachers of teaching Persian to speakers of other languages (TPSOL) in Iran. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative case study, conducted at two Iranian universities, used purposeful sampling to select 34 eligible in-service Persian teachers from a pool of 73. Data
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The educator’s role in democratic and multicultural societies: student perceptions at a teacher training college in Israel Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-03-20 Michal Hisherik, Ilana Paul-Binyamin
Purpose Educators are recognized as key agents of social change, responsible for shaping future citizens. Beyond imparting knowledge, teachers are crucial in addressing societal challenges such as sustainability, democracy and social equality. This study aims to investigate the attitudes of Jewish and Arab students toward democratic values and how they perceive their role as educators in a multicultural
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“Reimagining education for our dreamchasers”: creating a humanizing education space through culturally relevant teaching for Latin(x) and black elementary students Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Theresa Ann McGinnis, Eustace Thompson, Sheilah Jefferson-Issac
Purpose This paper aims to explore how one elementary school administrative team responded to their changing student populations to include Latin(x) within their black community. The responses included looping practices, relationship building with families and culturally relevant pedagogies. In particular, this paper considers how the three aspects of the change worked together toward the goal of providing
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Multilingual teaching and digital tools: the intersections of new media literacies and language learning Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-02-28 Victoria Pennington, Emily Howell, Rebecca Kaminski, Nicole Ferguson-Sams, Mihaela Gazioglu, Kavita Mittapalli, Amlan Banerjee, Mikel Cole
Purpose Computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can create participatory cultures by removing barriers to access materials, encouraging student modes of expression, differentiating student interactions through digital environments and increasing learner autonomy. Participatory cultures require competencies or new media literacy (NML) skills to be successful in a digital world. However, professional
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Can didactic audiovisual translation enhance intercultural learning through CALL? Validity and reliability of a students’ questionnaire Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Pilar Rodríguez-Arancón, María Bobadilla-Pérez, Alberto Fernández-Costales
Purpose This study aims to delve into the interplay between didactic audiovisual translation (DAT) and computer-assisted language learning (CALL), exploring their combined impact on the development of intercultural competence (IC) among learners of English as a foreign language (EFL). Design/methodology/approach Using a quasi-experimental approach with a quantitative research design, the study analyses
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Digital echoes of heritage: toward a culturally balanced pedagogy in technology-enhanced bilingual education Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-02-06 Amin Davoodi
Purpose This study aims to investigate the integration of heritage language and culture in technology-enhanced bilingual education and examine the dominance of the English language and culture in computer-assisted language learning settings. Design/methodology/approach This research used a narrative inquiry methodology. The data came from semi-structured interviews with 25 bilingual teachers in the
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From screen to society: second language learners’ cultural adaptation and identity reconstruction in virtual knowledge communities Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-29 Shakiba Razmeh
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of computer-assisted language learning on cultural adaptation and language learning in non-traditional classroom settings. Design/methodology/approach The data of this study came from extended periods of observation, multiple rounds of semi-structured interviews and home visits. Using narrative inquiry, it analyzes an immigrant's journey of
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Effects of mobile-assisted funds-of-knowledge writing practice in developing Latinx English learners’ intercultural sensitivity Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-25 Yan Chen, Kendall Hartley, P.G. Schrader, Chenghui Zhang
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine relevant demographic and socio-economic factors as they relate to progress towards intercultural communicative competence (ICC) and intercultural sensitivity for ethnic-minority Latinx middle school English learners (ELs) using a mobile-assisted funds-of-knowledge-featured writing practice. Design/methodology/approach Through the theoretical lens of funds
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Language and home-culture integrated online learning curriculum for developing intercultural communicative competence Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-24 Anh-Hang Trinh, Hanh Dinh
Purpose The purpose of this study is to theorize that computer-assisted language learning (CALL) can be integrated in English language learning with a focus on cultural learning of both home and target language. Design/methodology/approach The present study used a systematic methodology to conceive the language and home-culture integrated online learning (LHIOL) curriculum design based on relevant
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Technology-enhanced language and culture teaching in Chile: the perceptions and practices of in-service EFL teachers Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-23 Tiare Gonzalez-Vidal, Paul Moore
Purpose The professional experiences of teachers of languages and cultures, along with the learning experiences of their students, are embedded in educational contexts, which themselves are informed, and constrained, by national language policies. This study aims to explore 51 English-as-a-foreign-language (EFL) secondary teachers’ perceptions of Web-based technology use to enhance students’ cultural
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“Do you think I ever learn English?”: experiences of limited technology access among Middle Eastern refugee mothers in regional Australia Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2024-01-01 Azadeh Motevali Zadeh Ardakani, Maura Sellars, Scott Imig
Purpose The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the experiences and challenges of Middle Eastern refugee mothers in using technology for language learning in regional Australian context. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative research design and used a narrative enquiry technique to understand participants’ experiences of language acquisition with limited
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Transnational higher education cultures and generative AI: a nominal group study for policy development in English medium instruction Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-29 Peter Bannister, Elena Alcalde Peñalver, Alexandra Santamaría Urbieta
Purpose This purpose of this paper is to report on the development of an evidence-informed framework created to facilitate the formulation of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) academic integrity policy responses for English medium instruction (EMI) higher education, responding to both the bespoke challenges for the sector and longstanding calls to define and disseminate quality implementation
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Teacher candidates’ intercultural communication in telecollaboration: locating acts of positioning in translingual negotiations Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-26 Baburhan Uzum, Bedrettin Yazan, Sedat Akayoglu, Ufuk Keles
Purpose This study aims to examine how teacher candidates (TCs) in Türkiye and the USA navigate their intercultural communication skills in a telecollaboration project. Design/methodology/approach Forty-eight TCs participated (26 in Türkiye and 22 in the USA) in the study. TCs discussed critical issues in multicultural education on an online learning platform for six weeks. Their discussions were analyzed
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Collaborative international online learning for the development of intercultural awareness: an experience with pre-service language teachers Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-12-12 Cristina A. Huertas-Abril, Francisco Javier Palacios-Hidalgo
Purpose Considering the potential of Collaborative International Online Learning (COIL) for cross-boundaries interacting and collaborating effectively, this study aims to explore the intercultural awareness of pre-service language teachers after participating in a COIL project. Design/methodology/approach Following a quantitative research approach and an exploratory cross-sectional method, the authors
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Left behind but not left alone: testimonies of Black preservice experiences with white cooperating teachers Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-10-24 Robert P. Robinson, Stephanie Patrice Jones
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the preservice educational narratives of Black English teachers in an effort to determine their experiences within teacher education programs with assigned white cooperating teachers. Design/methodology/approach Drawing upon Black storytelling, testimony and breath in narrative analysis, this study showcases how Black preservice teachers navigated regularized
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Hosting an international conference on multiculturalism in an Arab Israeli teachers’ college: a reflection on personal and organizational learning Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-09-18 Randa Khair Abbas
Purpose Conferences, while central to academic endeavors, are an understudied research site. This purpose of this study is to describe the experience of an Arab Israeli teachers’ college in hosting a large international academic conference on multiculturalism, conducted entirely in English. Most of the academic staff and all of the students are Arabic speakers. This added a layer of challenge for all
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Dreaming beyond education policy: a BlackCrit analysis of ESEA and ESSA Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-09-05 Robert P. Robinson, Jordan Bell
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the first major federal education policy, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the most recent federal policy, the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015, through a Black critical theory (BlackCrit) lens to understand better how these educational policies have served as antiblack projects. Furthermore, this study locates examples of educational
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New takes on developing intercultural communicative competence: using AI tools in telecollaboration task design and task completion Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-08-28 Lee McCallum
Purpose This paper aims to present a lesson that showcases how artificial intelligence (AI) tools may be chiefly used in L2 language classrooms to design culture-focussed telecollaboration tasks and aid their completion by students. Design/methodology/approach The paper begins by reviewing traditional approaches and guidance for developing telecollaboration tasks. It then models how tasks can be designed
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A unit of our own: one attempt to let students guide the curriculum Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-08-22 Mimi Marstaller, Josephine Amoakoh
Purpose This paper aims to explore how teachers’ choice of text, centering of student voices and collaboration with the community around a language arts curriculum impacted the engagement and learning experiences of 85 11th and 12th-grade refugee background students designated as English language learners. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative self-study framework that inquired into the assumptions
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Faculty perceptions of online presence: intercultural considerations Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Dima Yousef, Aseel A. Takshe, Davide Contu
Purpose The Covid-19 pandemic forced educational institution to rapidly switch to online delivery. Even if the pandemic seems to be over, online learning will continue to constitute at least a part of the course’s delivery in the future. With that in mind, this study aims to explore the factors that influence teaching presence online and how these perceptions will guide teachers to adopt practices
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Are equally competent Roma-minority students perceived as less smart than their non-Roma classmates? Ethnic differences in teachers’ ability attributions Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-07-31 Dorottya Kisfalusi
Purpose Teachers’ ability attributions play an important role in students’ educational outcomes. Perceptions of academic abilities, however, are subject to biases. This study aims to examine ethnic biases in homeroom teachers’ ability attributions in Hungarian primary schools. Design/methodology/approach Using a unique database combining survey data collected among teachers with administrative data
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Critical love praxis as pro-Black pedagogy: a literature synthesis of empirical research in K-12 education Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-07-14 Francheska D. Starks, Mary McMillan Terry
Purpose This study aims to examine how critical love theory is operationalized in K-12 classrooms to support Black children. The authors use BlackCrit and a conceptual framework of critical love to describe the strategies educators used as pro-Black pedagogies of resistance. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted a thematic analysis to identify how critical love praxis is used by K-12 educators
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It will take nations of billions to obstruct our dreams: extending BlackCrit through Afrofuturism Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-07-13 S.R. Toliver
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to further theorize BlackCrit to include a deeper focus on the framing idea of Black liberatory fantasy via Afrofuturism. Design/methodology/approach To develop the theoretical connections, the author revisits their previous scholarship on Black girls’ Afrofuturist storytelling practices to elucidate how the girls used their speculative narratives to critique the
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Equitable STEM+CS learning experiences for girls of color: nurturing an independent learning approach via a learning ecosystem Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-07-04 Ryoko Yamaguchi, Veronica Hankerson Madrigal, Cyntrica N. Eaton, Jamika D. Burge
Purpose There is a critical need to understand how to attract Black girls and other girls of color to the science, technology, engineering, math, and computer science (STEM+CS) field. This study aims to look at the design and implementation of a CS learning ecosystem that supports girls of color in acquiring critical CS skills starting in middle school. Design/methodology/approach This mixed-method
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Toward Black abolition theory within radical abolition studies: upending practices, structures, and epistemes of domination Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-06-28 Kia Turner, Darion Wallace, Danielle Miles-Langaigne, Essence Deras
Purpose This study aims to present radical abolition studies, which encourages us to (re)member that the abolition of institutions and systems is incomplete without the abolition of their attendant epistemes of domination. The authors draw on the etymology of the word radical to encourage abolitionist praxis to grab systemic harm at its epistemological roots. Within radical abolition studies, this
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Something more beautiful: educational and epistemic integrations beyond inequities in Muslim-minority contexts Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-06-26 Claire Alkouatli, Nadeem Memon, Dylan Chown, Youcef Sai
Purpose Islamic schools in Western secular societies are evolving in response to collective concerns over marginalization of Muslim children and communities and to increasing demands for high-quality education in the faith tradition. These schools are at the center of public debate over how they fit within secular societies. This paper aims to take a pedagogic look at the literature in the field of
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Nurturing self-efficacy for culturally responsive teaching through online language immersion Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-06-14 Matthew B. Courtney
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of an online language immersion program on the participants’ self-efficacy for culturally responsive teaching. Design/methodology/approach The Culturally Responsive Teaching Self-Efficacy Scale (Siwatu, 2007), the Culturally Responsive Teaching Outcome Expectations Scale (Siwatu, 2007) and the Culturally Responsive Classroom Management Self-Efficacy Scale
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Estimating the effects of an anti-racist intervention on campus administrators’ beliefs about racial equity and justice: a quasi-experimental study Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Terrell Lamont Strayhorn
Purpose The purpose of this study is to measure the impact of a novel anti-racist educational video-based intervention designed by the author, with advice from leading experts, on campus administrators’ prevailing beliefs, philosophies and practices about racial equity and justice. A single research question guided the project: what effect, if any, does an anti-racist educational intervention have
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Teaching to (un)learn: enacting social justice in the identity development of multilingual/Latinx/BIPOC teacher candidates Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-05-30 Yasmin Morales-Alexander
Purpose This paper aims to describe how engaging in an inquiry-as-stance reflexive approach informed the design of a graduate-level early childhood social studies methods course to support the professional identity development of multilingual/Latinx, Black, Indigenous, people of color (ML/L/BIPOC) teacher candidates. Design/methodology/approach Nested within a theoretical construct that articulates
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The theory of second language development for international students Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-05-15 Wei Liu
Purpose Drawing on diverse findings in Second Language Acquisition (SLA) and Language Teaching research, but centering on the unique needs and contexts of international students in post-secondary education, this paper aims to develop a working theory of international students’ continued language development. Design/methodology/approach As a critical review, the paper focuses on the most relevant concepts
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Development of Respect for Differences Scale for middle school students: validity and reliability study Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-05-09 Başak Gülüm, İbrahim Halil Türker
Purpose The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale that can measure the level of respect for differences of middle school students. The validity and reliability studies of the scale draft prepared as a result of the opinions received were carried out on 964 middle school students. Design/methodology/approach The sequential exploratory mixed method was used. In the study, attitude
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Engaging diverse learners: lessons learned from a dialogic, technology-enabled social studies curriculum Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-05-02 Adriana I. Martinez Calvit, Donna Y. Ford
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present insights from the implementation of a dialogic social studies curriculum and its potential to support diverse learners. Policymakers and educators must attend to the learning needs of diverse/minoritized (Note: In this paper, the authors use minoritized and diverse interchangeably) students who have been marginalized in public education. A critical goal
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“I didn’t know I could have a voice”: how Asian American childhood experiences shaped lived identities Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Chadrhyn A.A. Pedraza, Rene O. Guillaume
Purpose The purpose of this study was to gain insight into Asian Americans’ experiences with racism during elementary, middle and high school and how those experiences shape the ways they describe their racial identity. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative research design and narrative inquiry strategy. The authors used Chang’s (1993) Asian Critical Race Theory framework to examine
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Exploring the educational needs and challenges faced by undocumented sub-Saharan students in Moroccan public schools Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-04-21 Yassine Ismaili
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the educational experiences of sub-Saharan African undocumented students in Moroccan public schools, as well as the perceptions of instructors regarding the challenges and needs of sub-Saharan students in the capital city of Morocco, Rabat. Design/methodology/approach A qualitative interpretative case study approach was implemented to investigate
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Building cultural awareness and intercultural empathy using the critical incident analysis method Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Sarah Anne Eckert, Melodie Miller
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of using structured reflection via the critical incident analysis method to develop multicultural awareness and intercultural empathy in undergraduate-level pre-service teachers. This research is important, given the striking demographic mismatch between students and teachers in US schools. Design/methodology/approach This study adopts
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Diversity in Iranian upstream educational documents Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-01-20 Ali Hassanpour, Nematollah Azizi, Abbas Ahmadi, Isa Gholizadeh, Seyedeh Golafrooz Ramezani
Purpose Considering the role that students’ diverse identifications play in education, this paper aims to contribute to the developing discourse on multicultural education concerning the status of ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity in Iranian upstream educational documents (UEDs). Design/methodology/approach This paper explores the status of ethnic, religious and linguistic diversity in Iranian
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Culturally relevant picturebook for Middle Eastern Muslim students’ healing Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-01-12 Mehmet Gultekin
Purpose In this paper, the author adapts the concept of culturally relevant pedagogy and the pedagogy of hope for Middle Eastern Muslim students' education. This paper aims to develop a new perspective for educating Middle Eastern Muslim students by focusing on Islam by considering being Muslim as a cultural way of being and living. Design/methodology/approach Pedagogy of hope (Hooks, 2003), particularly
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Pláticas with Latinx preservice teachers: insights about navigating teacher education in the New Latinx South Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Sanjuana C. Rodriguez, Paula P. Guerra Lombardi, Eliza Silvia Galvez
Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the experiences of Latinx preservice teachers (PSTs) while enrolled in a teacher preparation program in the New Latinx South, a cluster of states that have seen a precipitous growth in the Latinx population over the last decades. Design/methodology/approach The authors used pláticas, or informal conversations with a group of six female Latinx PSTs. Findings
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The role of teachers’ views and attitudes in the academic achievement of Roma students Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2023-01-02 Anikó Fehérvári
Purpose Inclusive education of Roma students is a priority goal of the European Union. However, synthesising analyses reveal precious little progress scored in this area. This study aims to explore the factors that have affect Roma students’ academic achievement, specifically, whether the views of their teachers have an impact on the performance besides individual and family background factors. De
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The couch as a classroom: exploring the school environment of low-income Latine adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-12-19 Jennifer Renick, Stephanie M. Reich
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to uncover what the at-home educational environments of low-income Latine adolescents looked like during the COVID-19 pandemic and how these environments influenced students’ participation in their online classes. Additionally, the findings highlight students’ perspectives on their varied engagement in virtual instruction. Design/methodology/approach Data for this
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From titular to radical empathy: conceptualizing empathy through the lens of youth organizing Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-11-28 Deanna Burgess, Ashley Diaz, Ashley Patterson
Purpose This study aims to explore how youth express empathy as an aspect of social action. Social empathy was investigated among adolescents participating in a youth organizing initiative. Design/methodology/approach This study used elements of critical discourse analysis to examine participant expression of social empathy through examination of participant journal entries. The social empathy model
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Open for antiracism: supporting educators to use open education for antiracist teaching Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Una T. Daly, James Glapa-Grossklag, Alyssa Nguyen, Ireri Valenzuela
Purpose The Open for Antiracism program supports faculty to change their teaching practices to be antiracist through the affordances of open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy. This study aims to raise questions about how professional development impacts student outcomes, and how faculty perceive the utility of OER and open pedagogy to support antiracist teaching and learning. Design/methodology/approach
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A tale of two pandemics: teachers’ disproportionate views on student engagement in remote learning Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-28 Donna Wake, Michael Mills
Purpose This study aims to use culturally responsive pedagogy as a model to examine teachers’ views of the equity implications found within virtual instruction. Design/methodology/approach The researchers used a descriptive methods design based on survey research employing both fixed (quantitative) and open response (qualitative) options to curate teachers’ perceptions of their students’ abilities
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Open learning design for using open educational practices in high school learning contexts and beyond Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-25 Verena Roberts
Purpose There is a need for research that examines how digital networks can support all learners in open access to people, resources and experiences that were previously inaccessible in K-12 learning contexts. This study aims to examine the potential of open education theories and open practices in high school learning environments. Design/methodology/approach Using a design-based research approach
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Open with intention: situating equity pedagogy within open education to advance social justice Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Stacy Katz, Jennifer Van Allen
Purpose This paper is intended to contextualize the major themes of the special issue, “The Intersections of Open Education and Equity Pedagogy” in the Journal for Multicultural Education, by providing a brief history of open educational resources (OER) and open educational practices (OEP) and highlighting the growing focus on social justice within the field. The purpose of this paper is to generate
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Open educational practices in a Cultural Capability unit: learning at the cultural interface Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-20 Sarah Lambert, Johanna Funk
Purpose The authors respond to the special edition call for papers which explore the intersection between equity pedagogy and open educational practices (OEPs). The purpose of this study is to address the question “In what ways are educators ensuring equity in open educational practices (OEP)?” by investigating the use of OEPs in a first-year Cultural Capability unit at an Australian University. The
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A window to peace and tolerance or otherwise: a multi-perspective approach to curriculum analysis Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-19 Gulab Khilji, Nazir Ahmed Jogezai
Purpose The purpose of this study is to analyze the views of educators regarding the constructs of the history curriculum to determine whether history education is usually used for polarization and negative identity enactment or for positive purposes such as tolerance, peace and social justice. Design/methodology/approach This study used a qualitative approach, using focus group discussions as a means
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Supporting educators’ professional learning for equity pedagogy: the promise of open educational practices Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-18 Eseta Tualaulelei, Nicole Catherine Green
Purpose In the research literature relevant to open educational practices (OEP), the terms “students” or “learners” often refer to individuals engaging in formal study. This study aims to broaden the conception of learners to include those who engage with continuing professional development or professional learning. The study focussed on one intersection of OEP with equity pedagogy for these learners
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Creating equitable access: using OER for socially just educational leaders Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-12 Sydney Richardson, Jacqueline Roebuck Sakho
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate ways in which educator preparation programs can influence educator and administrator support of Open Education Resources (OER). OER is still not used as widely as the researchers would like, even though it was introduced in the year 2002 (Bliss and Smith, 2017). While it is rarely used to a large extent, it is especially lacking in K-12 schools. By
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Who writes and who responds? Gender and race-based differences in open annotations Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Marja Bakermans, Geoff Pfeifer, William San Martín, Kimberly LeChasseur
Purpose Historically minoritized students are routinely silenced in classroom settings. This study aims to explore whether open annotations encourage students with historically minoritized gender/racial/ethnic identities to share knowledge and ideas. In addition, this study explores how the intersectionality of student identities relates to their experiences of open annotation and assess gendered and
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How OER can support teacher collaborative learning to enact equitable teaching practices Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-10-11 Bryant Jensen, Royce Kimmons
Purpose Many K-12 teaching practices unwittingly reproduce social privileges. To transform their teaching and provide more equitable learning opportunities for students from minoritized communities, teachers need professional learning experiences that are collaborative and “close-to-practice” (Ermeling and Gallimore, 2014). This study aims to propose an approach to open educational resources (OER)
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“I did not realize that my teacher had taken away part of my identity”: bilingual preservice teachers’ virtual libraries project Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Katherine Espinoza, Karen Kohler
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate how participating in a multicultural education course impacted bilingual preservice teachers' (BPSTs) conceptions of identity and how they were able to use their experiential knowledge to create a virtual library based on a variety of topics related to multicultural education. Design/methodology/approach This qualitative case study examines the experiences
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Next steps toward an inclusive country? Inviting and amplifying youth voice in public anti-hate messaging Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-09-14 Mica Pollock, Dolores De los Angeles Lopez, Mariko Yoshisato, Reed Kendall, Erika Reece, Benjamin Carmichael Kennedy
Purpose This paper aims to explore a national anti-hate messaging project, #USvsHate, and its call to students to create public messages refusing “hate, bias, and injustice.” Participants indicated that #USvsHate’s invitation to publicly express students’ ideas about equal human value functioned as a next step in furthering youth voice and critical consciousness toward societal inclusion and justice
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Multilingual and multicultural education need a good economist Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-08-30 Debra A. Giambo
Purpose The prioritization of multilingual and multicultural education (MME) must spread beyond educators and researchers, who have long known the benefits, to the politicians and policymakers and to the general public. This paper aims to propose that the MME field needs a good economist who can explain MME benefits in terms of the language of economy, clarifying that economic advantages extend beyond
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Rural cultural wealth: dismantling deficit ideologies of rurality Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-08-26 Loni Crumb, Crystal Chambers, Amy Azano, Africa Hands, Kristen Cuthrell, Max Avent
Purpose Rural education research has historically been cast in a deficit lens, with rural places characterized by their problems or shortcomings, as if the way of understanding rural itself is to compare it to nonrural locales. These intransigent and narrow perceptions of rurality hinders recognition of the assets and possibilities of rural places. The purpose of this paper is to apply community-empowering
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Discovery critical literacy, reconstructing identity Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-08-08 Angela Pack
Purpose Preparing preservice teachers to become critical literacy educators is integral to creating social justice classrooms. Numerous theoretical frameworks have been used to introduce critical literacy to preservice teachers. The commonality between the frameworks is the focus on analyzing literature. This paper aims to present an alternative to critical literacy education with preservice teachers
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Designing for resistance: epistemic justice, learning design, and open educational practices Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-07-28 Peter D. Wallis, Tomas Rocha
Purpose To encourage more just open educational practices, the purpose of this paper is to describe Jose Medina’s theory of epistemic justice and develop a framework applying this conception of epistemic justice to OEP through learning design. The authors hope this framework will help researchers and practitioners develop more equitable learning experiences in open educational contexts. Design/methodology/approach
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A tenacious population: supporting former foster youth in higher ed Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-07-27 Ozalle Marie Toms, James C. Collins, Gloria D. Campbell-Whatley
Purpose The purpose of this exploratory paper is to define the characteristics of foster youth, discuss the impacts of trauma on their lives, present results from a foster youth survey conducted at a university in the Midwest to assess the needs of former foster youth and discuss the ways universities can support this vulnerable population of students. Several themes emerged from the study. The financial
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Navigating uncharted paths to the American professoriate: experiences of immigrant black female faculty Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Lilian Naa Obiorkor Tetteh, Amani Zaier, Faith Maina
Purpose This study aims to examine the challenges of immigrant black female faculty (IBFFs) from Africa who have joined the American professoriate and also explore the cognitive processing behind student and staff perception and expectations of immigrant professors of color. This category of scholars faces the intersectional “triple bind” of being females, immigrants and people of color; as a result
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Students’ self-perception of social, emotional, and intercultural competences in a public higher education institution in Colombia Journal for Multicultural Education Pub Date : 2022-06-28 Andres Herrera Granda, Sara María Yepes, Willer Ferney Montes Granada, Johny Alvarez Salazar
Purpose Since social, emotional and intercultural (SEI) competences can help individuals manage their feelings, deal with stressful situations and build relationships with others, they have become useful tools for university students. The purpose of this study is thus to assess students’ self-perception of their SEI competences in a public higher education institution in Colombia. Design/methodology/approach