Hopeful Discourse: Elementary Children’s Activist Responses to Modern-Day Slavery Grounded in Systems Thinking

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Sauceda Curwen ◽  
Amy Ardell ◽  
Laurie MacGillivray
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Systems Thinking ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Literacy Instruction ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Fifth Graders ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Modern Day Slavery ◽  
Insight Into

This qualitative case study examines how fifth graders and their teachers participated in critical literacy instruction grounded in systems thinking on the topic of slavery. Systems thinking seeks to discover relationships and patterns in diverse underlying systems; critical literacy examines everyday texts, focuses on social justice and change, and promotes transformative practices. Classroom observations, photographs, interviews, and student artifacts were collected and analyzed to provide insight into students’ understandings of patterns of slavery from American colonial times to modern-day trafficking. Through a range of texts and different modalities, students sought to understand different group perspectives and ultimately took action to disrupt an unjust system. Three aspects of students’ learning led them to an agentic role: (1) crossing boundaries across time and differences, (2) developing a holistic worldview, and (3) reimagining a different world and altering the existing discourse.

scholarly journals Case Study o f Three Rural Texas Superintendents as Equity Oriented Change Agents

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerri Maxwell ◽  
Leslie Locke ◽  
James Scheurich
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
School Districts ◽  
Narrative Inquiry ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Change Agent ◽  
Change Agents ◽  
Texas Superintendents ◽  
Field Notes ◽  
Insight Into

For this qualitative case study (Patton, 2003 ), we used narrative inquiry (Erlandson, Harris, Skipper, & Allen, 1993) and sought to analyze extended interviews and field notes based on inter actions with three rural superintendents working in high - needs, public PK - 12 school districts in Texas. We collected data with regard to these superintendents’ perceptions of themselves as social justice/equity oriented change agents based on the Equity Oriented Change Agent or EOCA framework developed by Skrla, McKenzie, and Scheurich (2009). Our goal with this study was to glean greater insight into the work of these rural school leaders as potential equity oriented change agents. Additionally, we sought to ascertain any additional EOCA characteristics through analysis of the participants’ perceptions. The data revealed themes that aligned with the Skrla et al., (2009) framework as well as some emergent data beyond those EOCA characteristics. These theme s afforded us a better understanding of the work of these three rural superintendents as equity oriented change agents and how they perceive their work.

scholarly journals Riding Out the Storm: Out-of-Field Teaching Practice in Indonesia

Humaniora ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 161
Author(s):  
Esti Rahayu ◽  
Shuki Osman
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Teaching Practice ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Extended Time ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

As out-of-field teachers existence led to change in teachers, this research aimed to explore their commitment to learning and teaching, and how their schools supported them. Five Indonesian teachers who started teaching as out-of-field teachers and their school leaders were interviewed for this research. The qualitative case study was employed to explore the problem through interviews, classroom observations, and document analysis. The findings reveal that the initial commitment to teaching, learning, and growing is an investment for further actions throughout the teaching practice. The schools provide necessary assistance through the induction and during their in-service in the provided and requested professional learning, being trusted and acknowledged by school leaders, and having resourceful colleagues. From their schools’ support, the out-of-field teachers become more knowledgeable and remain as teachers for an extended time.

Developing a Community of Learners From Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds With Social Justice and Inclusive Critical Literacy Practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 60-78
Author(s):  
Shadrack Gabriel Msengi
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Culturally Responsive ◽  
Literacy Practices ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Community Of Learners ◽  
Children And Parents ◽  
Diverse Backgrounds

This case study is an investigation of cultural and linguistic diverse perspectives among parents, children, teachers, and teacher candidates. Survey and interview data were collected and analyzed to determine how these diverse perspectives affect teachers' application of culturally responsive literacy practices to develop a community of learners. Findings suggest that teachers and teacher candidates knew little about their students' diverse backgrounds. Their participation in the study and initial discussions among teachers, teacher candidates, children, and parents had a positive effect on experienced and novice teachers' knowledge of students. This knowledge included the ability to begin planning and managing instruction, as well as determining appropriate assessments and instructional strategies. Findings also suggest ways these teachers could engage students, families, and teachers in social justice practices.

The use of accounting in managing the institutional complexities of a festival organisation pursuing financial and social objectives

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Ståle Knardal ◽  
John Burns
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Institutional Work ◽  
Institutional Complexity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Alternative Community ◽  
Insight Into

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of accounting when managing the institutional complexities of a festival organisation pursuing financial and social objectives. Specifically, it focuses on how accounting can be implicated in handling a festival’s multiple and potentially conflicting logics. Also, through mobilising the concept of institutional work, the following builds on our knowledge of the importance of what people do, in managing an organisation’s institutional complexity. Design/methodology/approach This paper is grounded in a qualitative case study, for which the primary data derives from interviews, plus examination of internal documents and information in the public domain. Findings The festival studied is commercially successful, though ultimately one of its main organisational goals is to maximise donations to charitable causes. Other goals include: offering an alternative community through music, particularly to the young; fostering new and innovative artistry; and nurturing a festival family that is rooted to a large extent in its army of volunteers. The paper reveals how seeking such goals simultaneously requires the handling of logics that potentially can pull in opposite directions. Moreover, it highlights the efforts of festival organisers to maintain coexistence between the different logics, including the utilisation of accounting, accounts and accountability to facilitate this. Originality/value There are three main contributions of the paper. First, it offers new insight into how accounting can be purposefully used to mediate between potentially opposing logics in a complex organisational setting. Second, the paper extends our knowledge of the use of accounting specifically within a popular culture context. Third, the following adds to recent use of the concept of institutional work to understand why and how people mobilise accounting to handle institutional complexity in organisational settings.

scholarly journals The Reflected Mythological Patterns on Researchers’ Journey through Literacy Narratives

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31
Author(s):  
Mohammad Sugeng ◽  
Pratiwi Retnaningdyah ◽  
Ali Mustofa
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Hero's Journey ◽  
Literacy Narratives ◽  
Research Experiences ◽  
Documentary Analysis ◽  
New Knowledge ◽  
New Research ◽  
Insight Into

This paper aims to provide a heroism mythological reflection on the journey of researchers. This study uses the qualitative case study to obtain the comprehension of researchers' metaphor journeys through Monomyth on their research experiences. The documentary analysis is used in this qualitative study with the reflexive narrative because the reflection on experience can help the reader to gain insight into the researcher and their approach during the journey. 15 researcher’s literacy narratives chosen in this study which consists of 8 published literacy narratives and 7 literacy narratives task from participants. Research itself often considered as a journey that extends the existing knowledge and also develops new knowledge of the researcher while wandering in the wilderness of knowledge. Along the way, the researchers with their literacy narratives in this study unconsciously have a similar mythical pattern story as like as the mythical heroes which Campbell (1949) term it as ‘Monomyth’ pattern. The result presented in this paper may facilitate the literate improvements in which to motivate, to help the novice researcher to understand their own hero’s journey and to educate them about the stages that they will experience such as their new transition of conducting their new research.

scholarly journals Literacy Geography and Pedagogy

2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Comber
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Young People ◽  
Critical Literacy ◽  
Culturally Diverse ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Literacy Education ◽  
Wicked Problem ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Research Alliances

This article explores the possible relationships between geography, literacy, pedagogy, and poverty. It characterizes poverty as a wicked problem, which sees economic inequality escalating in a number of neoliberal democracies. Key insights from theorists of economic inequality are summarized. The enduring nature of poverty in particular places is noted, and the associated risks of “fickle literacies” are considered. A case study of one child growing up and attending school in a location with intergenerational unemployment is discussed as an example of the risks associated with literacy policy and pedagogy in an era of global educational reform. Drawing on the work of Foucault and Massey, it is argued that despite the discourses of standardization, teachers can continue to educate culturally diverse young people in ways that help them to negotiate and imagine positive and productive ways of learning together. The possibilities for working against deficit views of people in poverty are explored through three classroom examples of place-conscious pedagogies which position young people as critically literate cosmopolitan citizens. The article concludes by advocating the need for translocal research alliances to work explicitly for social justice through place-conscious pedagogies and critical literacy education.

Sport-For-Development Organizational Hybridity: From Differentiated to Dysfunctional

2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 467-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Raw ◽  
Emma Sherry ◽  
Katie Rowe
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Hybrid Structure ◽  
Professional Sport ◽  
Case Study Design ◽  
Sport Team ◽  
Sport For Development ◽  
Funding Opportunities ◽  
Professional Sport Team ◽  
Insight Into

Despite recent advances in sport-for-development (SFD) literature, few scholars have empirically examined organizational hybridity in SFD contexts. This is despite hybrid organizational approaches becoming increasingly common in the delivery of SFD initiatives. Opportunities exist for researchers to build knowledge regarding SFD hybrids, particularly those which operate in professional sport contexts. In this research, we examine an SFD organization, delivered by a professional sport team, which operates under a hybrid structure. A longitudinal qualitative case study design was employed, and findings demonstrate how the SFD organization, which presents a practical example of organizational hybridity, evolved over time. Drawing upon Svensson typologies of SFD hybrids, results illustrate how the organization transformed from a differentiated hybrid into a dysfunctional hybrid, under the influence of funding opportunities and institutional logics. Through the present study, we build upon theoretical understandings of SFD hybrids and offer practical insight into the nuances of SFD hybrids delivered in professional sport contexts.

scholarly journals Parental involvement in the lives of intercollegiate athletes

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 106-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L Parietti ◽  
Sue Sutherland ◽  
Donna L Pastore
Keyword(s):  
Parental Involvement ◽  
Student Athletes ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Student Athlete ◽  
Academic Advisors ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Intercollegiate Athletes ◽  
Involved Parents ◽  
Insight Into

Research has been growing on the topic of parental involvement in the lives of their children, and the concept of overinvolved parents. Little research has examined these topics in regards to intercollegiate student-athletes. This study addresses that gap by examining parental involvement in regards to intercollegiate student-athletes and their athletic and academic endeavors. Specifically it examines how involved parents are in the lives of their intercollegiate student-athlete children, and the concept of overinvolvement in regards to this population. A qualitative, case-study method was utilized for this research. Participants included eight intercollegiate student-athletes and the five academic advisors for athletics that worked with them. Participants completed two interviews and one journal, and all of the data was analyzed utilizing thematic analysis. The themes that emerged were types of involvement, increasing involvement, overinvolvement, outcomes of overinvolvement, and the fine line between healthy involvement and overinvolvement. The present study offers insight into how student-athletes and academic advisors perceive parental involvement. This knowledge can be utilized by practitioners to improve how they communicate with parents and student-athletes. Also, researchers can employ this information to improve the overall understanding of parental involvement in regards to athletes. 

scholarly journals MAKASSARESE AND BUGINESE LOCAL WISDOMS IN SCL-BASED WRITING CLASS (A CASE STUDY)

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 91
Author(s):  
Ria Jubhari ◽  
Etty Bazergan ◽  
Karmila Mokoginta ◽  
Simon Sitoto ◽  
Besse Puspita Syarif ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Case Study ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Classroom Observations ◽  
Interaction Data ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Class A ◽  
Writing Class ◽  
Student Centred Learning

This descriptive-qualitative case study aims to (1) identify the values of Buginese/Makasaresse local wisdoms that shape the learning process of Hasanuddin University students attending the Writing2 (MBI2) subject in the even semester, 2014; (2) find out which of the local wisdoms that strongly shape the student-centred learning (SCL) process in the Writing II class. The study focused on students classroom interaction. Data were collected from classroom observations, questionnaires, interviews and teachers note on the learning process in classroom. This study found that what is thought as Buginese or Makassarese local wisdoms can both support and inhibit the SCL process in MBI2. Such local wisdoms include respect to older people and mutual help

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