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Perceived importance and didactic difficulty of chemistry education: Insights from Czech teachers
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This empirical study examines how chemistry teachers in lower and upper secondary schools in the Czech Republic evaluate the content of the chemistry curriculum, focussing on its perceived importance and didactic difficulty. Based on a quantitative survey (N = 146), the study provides insight into the pedagogical content knowledge of ...
Jitka Lorenzová +6 more
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Character education as curriculum‐making in the humanities: A scoping review
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This scoping review examines how character education is conceptualised and enacted within humanities curricula across international contexts. While character education is widely promoted as supporting the development of ethical, civic and relational dispositions, its place within curriculum design remains contested, particularly in subjects ...
Jonathon Sargeant, Kylie Trask‐Kerr
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The power of civic education in democratic socialization: an investigation of Cape Town high schools [PDF]
, 2014 Over the past 20 years, South Africa has utilized education as a means of promoting democracy and civic engagement in young learners. Previous research has shown that this socialization project has been ineffective at influencing South African youth ...
Weinstein, Megan
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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol +1 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Water governance is increasingly influenced by a paradox at the nexus of environmental scarcity and food security. Escalating water scarcity crises coincide with geopolitical disruptions that have exposed the fragility of global food supply chains, prompting states to expand domestic food production at the expense of water conservation ...
Alireza Raisi
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate assemblies are a novel method of public consultation in which quasi randomly selected citizens are brought together to learn about climate change, discuss with their fellow citizens, and recommend solutions to the commissioning body.
Patricia Mockler +2 more
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The Role of Trade Unions in Environmental Governance: Exploring Workers Legitimacy Judgments
Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trade unions are increasingly expected to play a role in sustainability transitions, but their legitimacy as environmental governance actors remains underexplored. Our study uses a multidimensional framework to examine how workers, both union members and non‐members, evaluate trade union legitimacy “from below.” This framework distinguishes ...
Urša Golob +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Local environmental politics in China is often said to be dominated by state‐controlled modes of multi‐level governance. However, top‐down governance is embedded within and transformed by local politics, adding complexity to governance practices and environmental outcomes.
Minsi Liu, Kevin Lo
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change requires governance arrangements that coordinate governmental authority, civic action, and specialized contributions from nongovernmental actors. Yet research on climate‐policy participation has focused largely on formal participation opportunities, paying less attention to citizens' expectations regarding governance roles and ...
Da Hee Lim, Dae Woong Lee
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