scholarly journals USING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A SOCIOSCIENTIFIC ISSUE TO SUPPORT THE SCIENTIFIC HABITS OF MIND

2021 ◽  
Vol 79 (5) ◽  
pp. 694-699
Author(s):  
Muammer Çalık
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Mass Vaccination ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Socioscientific Issue ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Scientific Attitudes ◽  
Development Of Students ◽  
Scientific Advances

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all people without discriminating any border, country, race, ethnicity and so forth (Arroio, 2020). Thus, it has acted as a new playmaker in recognizing the importance of education and social justice. As stated by Usak et al. (2020), we, as educators, should pay more attention to the development of students’ awareness and scientific attitudes. Thus, they are able to think, understand, decide and make an action about any urgent event or "forced" transition, i.e., the pandemic process (Rodgríguez et al., 2021). Unfortunately, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have generated a climate of fear for scientific advances and mass vaccination as well as regulations on lockdown, socialization, and hygiene.

Understanding Educational Contexts and Social Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Disability

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan McMahon ◽  
Mark Aber ◽  
Nathan Todd ◽  
Urmitapa Dutta ◽  
Erika Felix ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Race Ethnicity

scholarly journals THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS' SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDES AT STATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (SDN) OF DEMANGAN YOGYAKARTA

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 12-44
Author(s):  
Ratih Sukmawati ◽  
Siti Fatonah
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Curriculum Implementation ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Scientific Attitude ◽  
Thematic Content ◽  
Scientific Approach ◽  
Scientific Attitudes ◽  
Implementation Stage ◽  
Development Of Students

The purpose of this research is to describe and analyze how the scientific approach and the development of students' scientific attitude in the thematic content of 2013 curriculum implementation. This type of research is qualitative research. Data are collected by using observation, interview, and documentation. This study intends to gain an understanding of the relevant facts about the application of the scientific approach to develop students' scientific attitude in the thematic teaching subject. The results of this research showed that the State Elementary School Demangan (SDN) of Yogyakarta has begun to implement 2003 curriculum in the grade 1 and 4 since 2014 to date, but the implementation has stopped in 2015 because the curriculum 2013 has slightly changed. The process of learning in the classroom is currently running quite well. Teachers provide feedback well, develop student curiosity, discussion, give positive reinforcement, appreciation and also reflection together that ended by the conclusion. The students' scientific attitude that appears is a high curiosity characterized by the emergence of questions containing curiosity, their responsibilities in completing tasks, their efforts to discuss group and presentation in front of the class, respect for others, cooperation, courage, critical thinking and open. The learning activities are implicated in the implementation stage of the scientific approach. Finally, the implementation of the curriculum 2013 approach essentially develops students' scientific attitude, not only on the content of science but also other content, known as the thematic content.

Building Womanist Coalitions

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
The Self ◽  
Nation State ◽  
Men Of Color ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Systemic Oppression ◽  
Creative Artists

This book is a visionary illustration of the life-transforming soul-work of body of pro-womanists. Its purpose promotes writings by women and men of color having come together in solidarity as models of activist-consciousness. The contributors to this collection embody shades of gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, culture, and nation-state affiliations centered in womanist “universal[ism].” Including writings by teachers/professors, students, and creative artists (poets as well as actors/directors)—they collectively exemplify an unwavering defense of human rights and social justice. Communicating the self-liberatory value of the meaning(s) of womanism in their writings, the contributors counter ideologies of separatism, domination, and systemic oppression. Collectively, they promote activist comradeship in resistance to wall-building ideas of exclusionism. In sum, this volume represents the unwavering commitment of individuals courageously willing to cross borders of personal, social, political, and spiritual difference(s) to create bridges for liberatory alliances.

scholarly journals Toward an Intersectional Approach to Health Justice

2020 ◽  
pp. 002073142098185
Author(s):  
Arnel M. Borras
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Health Inequity ◽  
Wealth Creation ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Health Justice ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender

Despite unprecedented global wealth creation, health inequity—the unjust health inequality between classes and groups among and within countries—persists, reviving the relevance of social justice as a lens to understand and as an instrument to intervene in these issues. However, the theoretical aspects and polysemous character of social justice as applied in the field of public health are often assumed rather than explicitly explained. An intersectional justice approach to understanding health inequality, inequity, and injustice might be useful. It argues that preexisting class-, race/ethnicity-, and gender-based health injustice and the socially differentiated impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are shaped, interconnectedly, by economic maldistribution, cultural misrecognition, and political misrepresentation. Pursuing health justice requires analyses, strategies, and interventions that integrate the economic, cultural, and political spheres of redistribution, recognition, and representation, respectively. Such an intersectional approach to health justice is even more relevant and compelling in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. This article is broadly about class, race/ethnicity, and gender political economy of public health—but with a narrower focus on maldistribution, misrecognition, and misrepresentation, shaping social and health injustices.

scholarly journals Learning to Be: Emerging Discourse in Awakening Transformation in Education

in education ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Vanessa V. Tse ◽  
David F. Monk
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Transformative Learning ◽  
Learning Theory ◽  
Critical Discourse ◽  
Habits Of Mind ◽  
Transformative Learning Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
Personal Accountability ◽  
The One

This paper explores the disconnection between knowledge of social and environmental injustices and actions to right them. Through our discussion, we consider possible reasons for this disconnection, whether a lack of knowledge, personal accountability and responsibility, or a fear of being swallowed up in the depths of the suffering in the world. We then critically reflect on our role and the role of education to broach this gap. We adopt O’Sullivan’s (2002) transformative learning theory as a guide and suggest that disruptive dialogues, like the one that has guided this paper, can challenge habits of mind, shift perspectives, and lead to action for a better, more equitable world. Ultimately, we conclude that such conversations are organic and ever changing and are integral to education.Keywords: Social justice; critical discourse; transformation 

scholarly journals Social Justice at the Core of Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion and Support: A Conceptualization

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paige Hall Smith
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Human Milk ◽  
Gender Inequality ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Planning Team ◽  
The Core ◽  
Race And Sexuality ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Breastfeeding Rates ◽  
Class And Status

Despite widespread awareness of the health benefits for both mothers and babies we are far from achieving universal breastfeeding. Breastfeeding rates globally are lower than recommended levels and there are concerns that some global breastfeeding efforts have stalled (1, 2). In addition, we see persistent disparities in breastfeeding rates by race, ethnicity, class and status (3). A growing literature documents how a range of injustices, including gender inequality (7), racism (8), poverty (9), and violence (10, 11) shape whether, how exclusive, and for how long mothers and others will be able to breastfeed or feed their infants human milk. These social injustices and inequities work to privilege breastfeeding even as the health message becomes more mainstreamed and human milk more desirable. A social justice approach could help us address the gender, race, and sexuality-based inequities and injustices in opportunities, resources, status, and power that are influencing the patterns of breastfeeding we see today. The 12th Breastfeeding and Feminism International Conference held in 2017 took as its theme Breastfeeding as Social Justice: From Crucial Conversation to Inspired Action. The planning team for that conference identified seven core domains that could help us conceptualize a framework for placing social justice at the core of our work. This paper presents this framework and suggestions for policy and practice that follow.

Mujerista Leadership in the Service of Social Justice

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (6) ◽  
pp. 857-872 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melba J. T. Vasquez
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Supreme Court Justice ◽  
Race Ethnicity

In this article, I posit that diverse leaders in terms of culture, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation are needed in all aspects of society. Diversity in leadership is a compelling interest for society, and I propose that, in particular, those with mujerista, womanist, or feminist internalized attitudes and identities have much to offer given their lived experiences, consequential awareness, and commitment to social justice. These qualities lead to effective leadership. I present Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as a case in point—a woman who exemplifies all of these qualities.

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