How free are classroom teachers? Understanding teacher academic freedom in the United States and Canada

DI Waddington, B Maxwell, T MacLean… - Teachers and …, 2024‏ - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the results of an international survey of teachers' perspectives on
academic freedom. We surveyed 173 social studies and science teachers from the United …

Teaching in an era of political divisiveness: An exploration of strategies for discussing controversial issues

HM Reynolds, D Silvernell, F Mercer - The Clearing House: A …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
The dramatic increase in hate-related bullying and culturally and/or racially offensive
comments or symbols in the wake of the 2016 election came as a surprise for many …

Controversial issues in the Australian educational context: Dimension of politics, policy and practice

A Mcpherson, D Forster, K Kerr - Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher …, 2023‏ - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, a number of controversies related to climate change, racism and Black Lives
Matter, and gender and sexual diversity have characterised public debate in Australia about …

Impartiality, human rights advocacy, and teaching about politically sensitive issues: Squaring the circle

B Maxwell - Theory and Research in Education, 2024‏ - journals.sagepub.com
This article first describes and then proposes a practical solution to the professional dilemma
between the duty of impartiality and the duty of human rights advocacy that many teachers …

Dealing with illiberal and discriminatory aspects of faith in religious education: a case study of Quebec's Ethics and Religious Culture curriculum

B Maxwell, S Hirsch - Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Taking Quebec's mandatory religious education curriculum, Ethics and Religious Culture
(ERC), as a case study, this paper examines the question of whether it is legitimate to teach …

Leading for School Change in a Divided Community.

C Jakubowski - Journal of Educational Supervision, 2022‏ - ERIC
This case study examines the intersection of rural education, new leadership, and
supervising teachers when a power imbalance exists. Using a real-life example of …

Desafíos de la educación moral y ciudadana ante las tecnologías emergentes

MRB Estrada, L Farías - Transdigital, 2020‏ - revista-transdigital.org
La creciente brecha entre el acelerado desarrollo de nuevas, convergentes e invasivas
tecnologías (genómica, robótica, inteligencia artificial, nanotecnologías, realidad …

Philosophical Reflections on Teachers' Ethical Dilemmas in a Global Pandemic

SK Gurr, T Geron, DJ Forster, M Levinson - Studies in Philosophy and …, 2024‏ - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic raised not only overwhelming practical challenges but also deep
ethical dilemmas for educators. There have been few efforts to connect these challenges to …

Financial education as a social studies discipline: the equivocality of the critical aspirations found in Québec's curriculum and its educational materials

D Lefrançois, MA Éthier… - JSSE-Journal of Social …, 2023‏ - 129.70.12.29
Purpose: In 2017, the Government of Québec made a high school financial education
course compulsory. Anchored in the social studies, it tackles themes like consumer rights …

Controversies are no excuse: Citizenship education in Spain

MR Buxarrais, E Ortega - Citizenship Teaching & Learning, 2019‏ - intellectdiscover.com
Here we discuss the current situation of citizenship education in Spain, briefly reviewing its
legal and political context, and taking into account a questionnaire administered to an …