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19Private Interests, Public Necessity: Responding to Sexism in Christian SchoolsEducational Studies: A Jrnl of the American Educ. Studies Assoc 43 (1): 45-57. 2008.This synthetic review aims to unite a seemingly disjoint collection of studies over the past 3 decades around their shared examination of sexism in an often overlooked U.S. population, namely girls attending private Christian schools. This undertaking reveals substantial harms that I categorize as those of immediacy and potentiality, which are occurring behind the protective wall separating church and state. Contra the majority of philosophers of education and researchers in this area, these stu…Read more
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28Illinois Project for Democratic AccountabilityEducational Studies 42 (2): 139-155. 2007.Education is experiencing a case of misplaced accountability, where an exclusive reliance on high stakes tests overlooks the more subtle judgments of teachers and professional educators and, because of its simplicity, passes as democratic. This article investigates the theoretical underpinnings of current accountability initiatives and draws upon extensive teacher interviews to reveal the practical aspects of accountability pressures in schools today. We provide a discussion of local teacher kno…Read more
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44The right to dissent and its implications for schoolingEducational Theory 62 (1): 41-58. 2012.In this article Sarah Stitzlein highlights an educational right that has been largely unacknowledged in the past but has recently gained significance given renewed citizen participation in displays of public outcry on our streets and in our town halls. Dissent is typically conceived of as a negative right—a liberty that guarantees that the government will not interfere with one's public self-expression. Stitzlein argues that, insofar as the legitimacy of the state depends on obtaining the consen…Read more
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17Many teachers struggle to maintain or build hope among themselves and their students in today’s climate of high anxiety and low morale. This article describes and responds to those challenging conditions. It offers teachers and scholars of education a philosophically sophisticated and feasible understanding of hope. This notion of hope is grounded in pragmatism and grows out of the pragmatist commitment to meliorism. Hope is described as a way of living tied to specific contexts that brings toge…Read more
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34Reviving social hope and pragmatism in troubled timesJournal of Philosophy of Education 43 (4): 657-663. 2009.Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts.Judith M. Green. New York, Columbia University Press, 2008. Pp. x + 292.Hbk. $34.50, £24.00.
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8Reviving Social Hope and Pragmatism in Troubled TimesJournal of Philosophy of Education 43 (4): 657-663. 2009.Pragmatism and Social Hope: Deepening Democracy in Global Contexts.Judith M. Green. New York, Columbia University Press, 2008. Pp. x + 292.Hbk. $34.50, £24.00.
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Philosophical Traditions |
Philosophy, Misc |
Areas of Interest
Philosophical Traditions |
Philosophy, Misc |