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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
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The Philosophy of Taking Conspiracy Theories Seriously [PDF]
, 2019 During the last few decades, the proliferation of interest in conspiracy theories became a widespread phenomenon in our culture, and also in academia.
Freiman, Ori
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones +2 more
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Understanding Critical Information Literacy through Social Epistemology
Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2019 Critical theoretical approaches to information literacy are an important part of the growing LIS focus on the context of information. This concern for information’s social environment and the awareness of new models of interaction between learners and ...
Martin I. Nord
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Social epistemology and the acquisition of understanding [PDF]
, 2016 Contemporary discussions of testimony in social epistemology have traditionally focused on how epistemic justication and especially propositional knowledge can pass from speaker to hearer. By contrast, objectual understanding – i.e. the kind of epistemic
Gordon, Emma
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing upon interview research across two academic departments as part of the early stages of a ‘decolonise the curriculum’ initiative at a Southern UK university, this study highlights a growing gulf between policy and practice in efforts to address systemic racial inequalities in UK universities. A reliance upon precarious labour, a culture
Triona Fitton +4 more
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The Distinction and Relationship between Ontology and Epistemology
Politikon, 2014 In the social sciences, a distinction is generally drawn between ontology and epistemology, usually accompanied by the assumption that some relationship exists between ontology and epistemology. In this regard several issues arise.
Sarita-Louise Kant
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the role of community stakeholders in supporting the educational trajectories of students experiencing socio‐economic disadvantage in the Irish context. Building on international and national policy debates, the study examines how community‐based organisations, statutory services and outreach initiatives work alongside ...
Aoife Joy Keogh, Deirdre McGillicuddy
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Grounded in principles of epistemic justice, this article examines the educational impacts of Zambia's COVID‐19 school closures on Indigenous girls in two districts and highlights community‐led pathways for resilience. National responses prioritised broadcast and digital delivery but presupposed access to electricity, digital devices and ...
Marcellus Forh Mbah +5 more
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Participatory action research, sacred existential epistemology, the eighth moment of qualitative research and beyond… [PDF]
, 2008 [Abstract]: This paper discusses how, in a doctoral study, a collaborative methodology employing Participatory Action Research was embraced, upholding respectful relationships and partnerships that generated co-construction of change in two preschool ...
Hawkins, Karen
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