 | | | | COMPETENCES FOR DEMOCRATIC CULTURE Living together as equals in culturally diverse democratic societies Abstract: This document is a product of a Council of Europe project which is taking place in four phases from 2014-17. The first phase has been devoted to the development of a conceptual model of the competences which citizens require to participate effectively in a culture of democracy. This document describes the model and the methods that were used to develop it. The document is aimed at readers who wish to understand the underlying assumptions and technical details of the model. Phase two of the project will be devoted to the development of descriptors (i.e., statements or... |
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| Confronting the urban civic opportunity gap: Integrating youth participatory action research into teacher education This article considers how youth participatory action research (YPAR) can be used to build the civic teaching capacities of" "preservice teachers working in urban settings. In the final semester of an urban-focused teacher education program, preservice teachers led YPAR programs in the urban schools in which they student-taught the previous semester. This article analyzes what preservice teachers learn through the process of YPAR. Specifically, we found that YPAR supported teacher learning in three areas: cultivating student-centered teaching practices, observing and documenting students'... |
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| Strong, active women: (Re)doing rural femininity through equestrian sport and leisure Horse riding is a popular leisure activity within rural Britain. Straddling two masculinized social contexts – rural, land-based society and sport/physical recreation – horse riding is a feminized, yet mixed-sex, milieu. This article presents data from an ethnography of the social world of horse riding to consider how women within this context do and redo gender in ways that may begin to challenge ideas about what women are, and what they are capable of, within rural and sporting contexts. Women's active leisure in the countryside has been rendered largely invisible for decades, yet women's... |
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| Squeezed between identity politics and intersectionality: A critique of 'thin privilege' in Fat Studies With the rise of 'globesity', fat activism and Fat Studies have become political players in countering negative stereotypes and the devaluation of fat bodies. Both groups are diverse, yet share a common goal to celebrate and/or accept fatness, and challenge practices and discourses that reinforce 'normal' bodies (such as diets, 'fat talk' and medicalisation). In this article, we reflect on our engagement with a Fat Studies conference, and critically interrogate the assumptions that underlie this particular space. It is not surprising that fat activists and Fat Studies scholars bring... |
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| How Dialogic Settings Influence Evidence Use in Adolescent Students This study examines how evidence is used differently in argumentative discourse compared to individual arguments. Applying a 1 × 2 crossover study design, 37 secondary school students were asked either to discuss a social issue with their partner before individually writing an essay outlining their opinion or, vice versa, first to discuss and then to write. As background information, they were provided with pieces of evidence with different levels of quality. Dialogs and essays were analyzed regarding (a) the type of evidence and (b) the way evidence was used. Results showed that in their... |
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| Ambivalence Toward the African Womans Body Jean Pierre Bekolos les Saignantes This book is a collection of significant analytical and critical writings on how the structures of power have exerted systematic governance over women. Women; Gender, and Sexualities in Africa also addresses how the rhetorical devices of tradition and moder-nity have played important roles in the control and appropriation of African women's bodies. The chapters draw on history, literature, political science, journalism, sociology, comparative studies, and women and gender studies to offer multidisciplinary perspectives from which to understand the diversity of women's experiences, gender... |
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| CH3 Pomo Pedagogue.docx Another chapter from my book on university teaching. Chapter 3 from THE POSTMODERN PEDAGOGUE. |
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