This book examines dominant discourses affecting race, ethnicity and gender in education and societies globally. It presents cutting-edge research on the major global trends in globalization, race, ethnicity and gender education globally. Using diverse paradigms, ranging from critical theory to discourse analysis, the book examines major trends in race, ethnicity and gender research, with a focus on the ambivalent and problematic relationship between race, ethnicity and gender discourses, ideology and the state. It discusses and critiques key issues in race, ethnicity and gender research.
Readers will gain a more holistic understanding of the nexus between race, ethnicity and gender discourses and dominant ideologies, both locally and globally. It also provides an easily accessible, practical, yet scholarly insights into local and global trends in the field of race, ethnicity and gender education. With contributions from key scholars worldwide, this book will be useful to abroad spectrum of readers, including policy-makers, academics, graduate students, education policy researchers, administrators and practitioners.
Table of Content
1. Discourses of race, ethnicity and gender in education: Implications for equality and social justice Joseph Zajda.- 2. If only my eyes were different: The loss of identity and the underutilization of black children’s educational potential and rethinking the assimilation paradigm globally.- 3. Cultural, Gender and Religious Predictors of Perception of Muslims at Tertiary Institutions in Germany Abe Ata.- 4. Academia, gender, and culture: Motivations, and coping methods of Haredi women in academia.- 5. African descendants’ globalization challenges, human rights and education dilemmas across the African diaspora: Flipping the script and rewriting narratives.- 6 The construction of gender identity: A semiotic analysis.- 7 The effects of empathy, knowledge, and implicit bias of Muslims by mainstream university students: The context of Christchurch, N.Z. shooting manifest.- 8 The dominant image of femininity presented in the TV advertisements: Aspects of Semiotic Analysis.- 9 Gender bias in United States high school principal hiring practice.- 10 Discourses of race, ethnicity and gender in education: Trends in research.About the author
Joseph Zajda is a Professor at the Faculty of Education and Arts, Australian Catholic University (Melbourne Campus). He specializes in globalization and education policy reforms, social justice, history education and values education. He has written and edited 45 books and over 150 book chapters and articles on globalization and education policy, higher education and curriculum reforms. He is also the Editor of the 24-volume book series Globalisation, Comparative Education and Policy Research (Springer, 2009 & 2021). Recent publications include: Zajda, J (Ed). (2020a). Globalisation, ideology and neo-liberal higher education reform. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020b). Human rights education globally. Dordrecht: Springer. Zajda, J. (Ed). (2020c). Globalisation, Ideology and Education Reforms: Emerging paradigms. Dordrecht: Springer; Zajda, J. (2018). He is an Elected Fellow of the Australian College of Educators (FACE).More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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