The thesis explores the relationship between citizenship education and identity in conflict-affected societies, by comparing the teaching of citizenship across different schools in Northern Ireland and Israel. In both societies, citizenship education addresses issues that are deemed controversial, such as the recent or ongoing conflict, citizenship, racism, and sectarianism. The theoretical framework brings together (neo) Marxist, post-colonialist, and critical pedagogical approaches to citizenship education and identity. Fieldwork was carried out in four different schools (Catholic, Protestant, Jewish-Israeli and Arab-Palestinian), using individual interviews, focus group interviews, observations, and document analysis. The major findings suggest that citizenship education at the policy, school, and classroom level is permeated by an avoidance of controversial issues related to the conflict and identity. In both societies, dominant narratives about the conflict glorify and justify violence, preventing a more critical examination of the conflicts. Additionally, educational policies promote a neoliberal/managerialist culture that censors the critical potential of citizenship education by determining that the priority for schools is academic standards and performativity. This limits teachers' ability to develop students' critical political thinking, to address controversial issues, and to challenge racist and sectarian views. However, the data also point to the employment of transformative forms of citizenship education, which became particularly evident among minorities. The thesis contribution is threefold: first, drawing on a (neo) Marxist and postcolonial theoretical framework facilitates a structural examination of the state of citizenship education through the lens of power relations. Second, the multi-level study shows how processes of avoidance and censoring trickle down from the policy level into schools and into classrooms. Third, since citizenship education is permeated by sidestepping and censoring, it is at risk of reproducing the conflict, structural sectarianism and racism, and socio-economic inequalities. The thesis concludes with the assertion that there is a need to provide teachers and schools with political and institutional support through offering training programmes; guidance and more time during the citizenship lesson to teach about controversial issues related to the conflict and identity. It also points at the need to further research pedagogies of critical teachers, who are able to promote transformative citizenship even in an uncongenial political environment that subtly promotes avoidance and censoring.

Ao confrontarmos a configuração da cultura corporal e da Educação Física no contexto escolar brasileiro e sergipano com as necessidades educacionais contemporâneas, em meio à globalização neoliberal e às relações de poder inerentes, percebemos a urgência da realização de pesquisas que subsidiem uma pedagogia politicamente engajada com a diversidade cultural e a justiça social. Ao propor ações nessa perspectiva, os Estudos Culturais e o multiculturalismo crítico evidenciam a necessidade de investigar os aspectos didáticos que demarcam a prática pedagógica orientada nessa perspectiva, com intuito de embasar o diálogo com a diversidade cultural no currículo escolar. Em julho de 2010, conhecemos o Projeto Identidade: minha história conto eu, desenvolvido em uma escola da rede pública municipal de Aracaju ao longo daquele ano letivo com uma turma da Educação Infantil, cujas perspectivas formativas eram semelhantes. As práticas educativas desenvolvidas inicialmente pelas professoras-coordenadoras do Projeto não incluíam a tematização da cultura corporal com vistas à constituição identitária democrática, apenas como prática de recreação livre e instrumento para trabalhar habilidades de leitura, escrita e ordenação numérica, por vezes fomentando identidades autoritárias e silenciando as minoritárias. O panorama encontrado e o desejo expresso pelas docentes em ampliar sua formação e potencializar uma ação pedagógica comprometida com a democracia, de modo a incluir os conhecimentos da cultura corporal, implicou a realização desta investigação. O objetivo foi identificar, evidenciar e analisar os aspectos didáticos que demarcam o processo de elaboração e implementação de um currículo multicultural crítico que problematizou a cultura corporal com vistas à constituição de identidades democráticas, ao longo de um semestre letivo. As barreiras epistemológicas impostas, em contraste com a fundamentação dos Estudos Culturais, oportunizaram redimensionar as formas de investigar sobre/com o currículo, observando-o como prática social. Assim, elaboramos a metodologia da pesquisa em (inter)ação ao considerar a diversidade de sujeitos, compreensões e orientações culturais envolvidas num currículo e na investigação e, a partir do que foi constatado, criamos, definimos e materializamos cada passo ou ação. Participaram do estudo as duas professoras-coordenadoras do Projeto Identidade, as 23 crianças da turma investigada e o coordenador geral da instituição. Para coleta de dados, utilizamos entrevistas semiestruturadas, observações com registros em diário de campo e registro de imagens através de fotos e vídeo. A ação envolveu estudo de formação da professora, planejamento e implementação da prática multicultural crítica. Os dados foram analisados mediante os procedimentos da descrição crítica com inferências. Tanto o currículo empreendido, como o processo formativo da docente, foi marcado por ações didáticas de caráter crítico que envolveram mapeamento, tematização, aprofundamento, ampliação, ressignificação e avaliação dos conhecimentos da cultura corporal das crianças, numa pedagogia que se desenvolveu como prática de diálogo aberto e plural em interação com as questões socioculturais que afetam a vida dos sujeitos envolvidos. / As we confront the configuration of physical culture and Physical Education in the school context of Brazil and Sergipe with the educational contemporary needs, in the midst of neoliberal globalization and the inner power relations, we can observe how urgent it is to develop researches which subsidize a pedagogy politically engaged with cultural diversity and social justice. In proposing actions from this perspective, Cultural Studies and critical multiculturalism bring to light the need to investigate the didactic aspects which distinguish the pedagogical practice oriented in this perspective, aiming to base the dialogue with the cultural diversity in the school curriculum. In July 2010, we came to know Project Identity: I tell my story developed in a public school in the city of Aracaju along that school year with a group of childhood education, whose educational views were similar. The educational practices originally developed by the teachers-coordinators of the Project did not include the theme of physical culture aimed at developing democratic identity, just as the practice of free recreation and tool for working skills of reading, writing and ordering numbers, sometimes fostering authoritarian identities and silencing minorities. The scenario we found and the desire expressed by the teachers to broaden their education and enhance pedagogical action committed to democracy, in order to include knowledge of physical culture, led to the realization of this research. The objective was to identify, highlight and analyze the didactic aspects that mark the process of designing and implementing a critical, multicultural curriculum that examined physical culture aimed at developing democratic identity, over a semester. The epistemological barriers imposed, in contrast with the theoretical fundaments of Cultural Studies, made it possible to resize forms to investigate on/with the curriculum, observing it as a social practice. Thus, we developed the research methodology in (inter) action when considering the diversity of subjects, cultural understandings and guidelines involved in a curriculum and in the research and, from what was found, we created, defined and materialized every step or action. The study had the participation of the two teachers-coordinators of project Identity, the 23 children in the class investigated and the general coordinator of the institution. Foe data collection we used semi-structured interviews, observations with record in field diary and record of images using photos and video. The action involved the study of teacher training, planning and implementation of critical multicultural practice. The data were analyzed using the procedures of critical description with inferences. Both the curriculum undertaken and the formative process of the teacher were marked by didactic actions of a critical nature that involved mapping, thematization, deepening, widening, reframing and assessment of knowledge of the physical culture of children, in a pedagogy that developed as a practice of open and plural dialogue in interaction with the socio-cultural issues that affect the lives of the subjects involved.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:31:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aldieris Braz Amorim Caprini.pdf: 951774 bytes, checksum: 8057b0fa4ed66094e32ac8ecacc3db19 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-11-28 / The global scenario marked by the globalization process has posed several challenges to the world population, among them, that of responding to social and cultural problems that result from discrimination and hegemonic domination of power over groups regarding gender, class, and culture. Education then becomes one of the means to seek answers and paths to emancipate subjects from domination and social and cultural exclusion. This perspective justified the development of this doctoral study that approaches the history teacher education curriculum from the critical multicultural perspective, so that these individuals can act in our society, questioning the hegemonic models. The starting point was to question the history licensure curriculum so as to understand if it allows teachers to be trained to pedagogical practice based on critical multiculturalism. Besides attempting to understand the aspect above, the study also aimed at seeing through professors' eyes from the critical multiculturalism perspective towards history teacher s education. The investigation was theoretically based on McLaren (1997), Hall (2009), Gonçalves and Silva (2006), Canen (2010), Candau (2002), Moreira (2011), Santomé (1995), Sacristán (2003), Giroux (2003), Pimenta and Lima (2011), Nóvoa (1995), and Imbérnon (2006), among others. The study adopted qualitative approach in light of works by Bogdan and Biklen (1982), André (2012), and Chizzotti (2003), using procedures to approach reality, such as documental analysis of Brazilian Curricular Guidelines for History Undergraduate Program, Brazilian Curricular Guidelines for Teacher Training, semi-structured interviews with teachers/school coordinators and questionnaires for Licensure Professors in State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. Thus, this study starts with a theoretical discussion about multiculturalism by defining the option for critical multiculturalism; presenting the path of history teacher education in Brazil and the presence multiculturalism in this process; and theoretically discussing teacher training from the critical multiculturalism perspective. This theoretical lining supports analyses and discussions of data gathered in this study, and supports the proposition of questioning the epistemological and socio-cultural fundaments towards critical multicultural education, as well as indicating points to support curricular paths of history teacher education from the perspective in question. The contribution of this thesis is located in the debates about challenges and perspectives of teacher education and implantation of history licensure curriculum aiming at multiculturalism / O cenário mundial marcado pelo processo de globalização tem colocado a população mundial diante vários desafios, entre eles, dar respostas aos problemas sociais e culturais que resultam da discriminação e da dominação hegemônica de poderes sobre grupos, no que se refere à diversidade de genêro, de classe e de cultura. A educação torna-se assim, um dos meios para buscar respostas e caminhos para a emancipação dos sujeitos quanto à situação de dominação e exclusão social e cultural. Essa perspectiva justificou o desenvolvimento desta pesquisa de doutorado, que aborda o currículo da formação dos professores de história na perspectiva multicultural crítica, de forma que estes sujeitos possam atuar nessa sociedade, questionando os modelos hegemônicos. O ponto de partida foi o questionamento acerca do currículo da Licenciatura em História, no sentido de compreender se o mesmo proporciona uma formação de docentes voltada à prática pedagógica na vertente do multiculturalismo crítico. Além desta compreensão, buscou-se ainda identificar qual o olhar dos professores formadores, numa perspectiva do multiculturalismo crítico, sobre a formação docente em História. A investigação pautou-se teoricamente em McLaren (1997), Hall (2009), Gonçalves e Silva (2006), Canen (2010), Candau (2002), Moreira (2011), Santomé (1995), Sacristán (2003), Giroux (2003), Pimenta e Lima (2011), Nóvoa (1995) e Imbérnon (2006), além de outros. O desenvolvimento da pesquisa assentou-se na abordagem qualitativa, à luz dos estudos de Bogdan e Biklen (1982), André (2012) e Chizzotti (2003), utilizando como procedimentos de aproximação com a realidade a análise documental das Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais da Graduação de História e as Diretrizes Curriculares Nacionais de Formação de Professores, entrevistas semiestruturadas com professores/coordenadores e questionários com professores de Licenciatura de História do Estado do Espírito Santo. Dessa forma, o trabalho se inicia com uma discussão teórica sobre o multiculturalismo, definindo a opção pela vertente teórica do multiculturslimo crítico, apresentando a trajetória formativa do professor de história no Brasil e a presença do multiculturalismo nesse processo, além de discutir teoricamente a formação de professores na perscpetiva do multiculturalismo crítico. Esse delinear teórico subsdidia as análises e as discussões dos dados levantados na pesquisa, à luz da problemática, e subsidia a proposta de problematizar os fundamentos epistemológicos e socioculturais necessários para uma formação multicultural crítica, assim como indicar pontos para subsidiar caminhos curriculares da formação em História na referida perspectiva. A contribuição da tese está situada no debate sobre os desafios e as perspectivas da formação do docente e de ações efetivas de implantação de currículo de licenciatura em História voltado para a multiculturalidade

Ao confrontarmos a configuração da cultura corporal e da Educação Física no contexto escolar brasileiro e sergipano com as necessidades educacionais contemporâneas, em meio à globalização neoliberal e às relações de poder inerentes, percebemos a urgência da realização de pesquisas que subsidiem uma pedagogia politicamente engajada com a diversidade cultural e a justiça social. Ao propor ações nessa perspectiva, os Estudos Culturais e o multiculturalismo crítico evidenciam a necessidade de investigar os aspectos didáticos que demarcam a prática pedagógica orientada nessa perspectiva, com intuito de embasar o diálogo com a diversidade cultural no currículo escolar. Em julho de 2010, conhecemos o Projeto Identidade: minha história conto eu, desenvolvido em uma escola da rede pública municipal de Aracaju ao longo daquele ano letivo com uma turma da Educação Infantil, cujas perspectivas formativas eram semelhantes. As práticas educativas desenvolvidas inicialmente pelas professoras-coordenadoras do Projeto não incluíam a tematização da cultura corporal com vistas à constituição identitária democrática, apenas como prática de recreação livre e instrumento para trabalhar habilidades de leitura, escrita e ordenação numérica, por vezes fomentando identidades autoritárias e silenciando as minoritárias. O panorama encontrado e o desejo expresso pelas docentes em ampliar sua formação e potencializar uma ação pedagógica comprometida com a democracia, de modo a incluir os conhecimentos da cultura corporal, implicou a realização desta investigação. O objetivo foi identificar, evidenciar e analisar os aspectos didáticos que demarcam o processo de elaboração e implementação de um currículo multicultural crítico que problematizou a cultura corporal com vistas à constituição de identidades democráticas, ao longo de um semestre letivo. As barreiras epistemológicas impostas, em contraste com a fundamentação dos Estudos Culturais, oportunizaram redimensionar as formas de investigar sobre/com o currículo, observando-o como prática social. Assim, elaboramos a metodologia da pesquisa em (inter)ação ao considerar a diversidade de sujeitos, compreensões e orientações culturais envolvidas num currículo e na investigação e, a partir do que foi constatado, criamos, definimos e materializamos cada passo ou ação. Participaram do estudo as duas professoras-coordenadoras do Projeto Identidade, as 23 crianças da turma investigada e o coordenador geral da instituição. Para coleta de dados, utilizamos entrevistas semiestruturadas, observações com registros em diário de campo e registro de imagens através de fotos e vídeo. A ação envolveu estudo de formação da professora, planejamento e implementação da prática multicultural crítica. Os dados foram analisados mediante os procedimentos da descrição crítica com inferências. Tanto o currículo empreendido, como o processo formativo da docente, foi marcado por ações didáticas de caráter crítico que envolveram mapeamento, tematização, aprofundamento, ampliação, ressignificação e avaliação dos conhecimentos da cultura corporal das crianças, numa pedagogia que se desenvolveu como prática de diálogo aberto e plural em interação com as questões socioculturais que afetam a vida dos sujeitos envolvidos. / As we confront the configuration of physical culture and Physical Education in the school context of Brazil and Sergipe with the educational contemporary needs, in the midst of neoliberal globalization and the inner power relations, we can observe how urgent it is to develop researches which subsidize a pedagogy politically engaged with cultural diversity and social justice. In proposing actions from this perspective, Cultural Studies and critical multiculturalism bring to light the need to investigate the didactic aspects which distinguish the pedagogical practice oriented in this perspective, aiming to base the dialogue with the cultural diversity in the school curriculum. In July 2010, we came to know Project Identity: I tell my story developed in a public school in the city of Aracaju along that school year with a group of childhood education, whose educational views were similar. The educational practices originally developed by the teachers-coordinators of the Project did not include the theme of physical culture aimed at developing democratic identity, just as the practice of free recreation and tool for working skills of reading, writing and ordering numbers, sometimes fostering authoritarian identities and silencing minorities. The scenario we found and the desire expressed by the teachers to broaden their education and enhance pedagogical action committed to democracy, in order to include knowledge of physical culture, led to the realization of this research. The objective was to identify, highlight and analyze the didactic aspects that mark the process of designing and implementing a critical, multicultural curriculum that examined physical culture aimed at developing democratic identity, over a semester. The epistemological barriers imposed, in contrast with the theoretical fundaments of Cultural Studies, made it possible to resize forms to investigate on/with the curriculum, observing it as a social practice. Thus, we developed the research methodology in (inter) action when considering the diversity of subjects, cultural understandings and guidelines involved in a curriculum and in the research and, from what was found, we created, defined and materialized every step or action. The study had the participation of the two teachers-coordinators of project Identity, the 23 children in the class investigated and the general coordinator of the institution. Foe data collection we used semi-structured interviews, observations with record in field diary and record of images using photos and video. The action involved the study of teacher training, planning and implementation of critical multicultural practice. The data were analyzed using the procedures of critical description with inferences. Both the curriculum undertaken and the formative process of the teacher were marked by didactic actions of a critical nature that involved mapping, thematization, deepening, widening, reframing and assessment of knowledge of the physical culture of children, in a pedagogy that developed as a practice of open and plural dialogue in interaction with the socio-cultural issues that affect the lives of the subjects involved.

This research is grounded in my observation that we live in a society that is racist, sexist, classist, heterosexist, able-ist, and oppressive in other ways for a variety of groups and individuals outside of the dominant norm. Schools functions as sites of reproduction that work to maintain the status quo through the reproduction of racist, sexist, classist, and heterosexist language and discourse (among others) that maintain the normalcy of oppressive behaviour. However, in as much as schools may reproduce inequalities, they could equally well produce possibilities for equal and just relations in society. In many ways, schools are contradictory places where the dynamics of reproduction and production are simultaneously at work. The question becomes one of how to encourage and nurture the possibility of schools to become sites of struggle over oppressive relations in society. Critical multicultural theory has been proposed as one possible answer to this question. While critical multicultural education understands schooling as a site of social reproduction, it is also believed that schools can work to challenge the inequality engendered by the process of social reproduction by educating students about the dynamics of oppression and privilege. Schools are, thus, understood as sites of possibility, where the normative and common sense understanding of society’s current oppressive relations are deconstructed and critiqued. In this work, I use critical multicultural theory to focus on the role of teacher education in the creation of new possibilities for schooling. The purpose of this research is to examine new possibilities for teacher education by making problematic the normative discourse of a university teacher education program and its implication for critical multicultural teaching. As such, this research will deconstruct the dominant discourse in a Faculty of Education at a mid-size Canadian university through an examination and analysis of the perspectives of current teacher candidates; examine how the discourses in teacher education work to constrain and limit the possibility of critical multicultural education; consider the pedagogical challenges of a critical approach to multicultural education; and provide new possibilities for teacher education and, in particular, critical multicultural teacher education. / Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2007-12-12 09:21:57.648

There is a public perception that Canada is an ideal place for cultivating global citizenship because of its culturally plural demographics and official policies of multiculturalism. Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is a growing field in Canadian education and is an explicit focus in the Alberta social studies curriculum. This thesis brings together four conversations within which multiculturalism and GCE are both related and conflated: (a) the public perceptions of Canada as a model of cultural diversity and global citizenship, (b) the scholarly discussions of GCE and multiculturalism, (c) the policy context where multiculturalism is set alongside GCE, and (d) the practical ways that the two are mutually related in curriculum and lesson documents. There are four interrelated sections to this thesis; each identifies the tensions inherent to multiculturalism, GCE, and the perceived relationship between these fields. First is a wider philosophical and theoretical framing of the topic. Second is the examination of educational research on the topic. Third is a critical discourse analysis of policy, curriculum, and lesson plan documents in the province of Alberta. Last is a synthesis of the findings from all three sections. The analysis finds that there are philosophical and ideological tensions inherent to both fields and to the relationships between them. This contributes to conceptual and ideological conflation and confusion. This finding raises some important concerns in terms of possibilities and constraints to thinking about cultural diversity and social inequities in new ways. It highlights how multicultural contexts of GCE can lead to the recreation of tensions, conflation, and ambiguity. However, the Alberta context demonstrates that a multicultural context can also open critical spaces and possibilities for GCE through engagements with tensions and complexities. Thus this thesis contributes theoretically, by presenting a framework and perspective for interrogating and critically inquiring into the relationship between the two fields. It also contributes to the policy and curriculum discussions in educational research and practice by highlighting the importance of foregrounding key tensions inherent to each field and by identifying the potential negative consequences of leaving these tensions implicit.

There is a public perception that Canada is an ideal place for cultivating global citizenship because of its culturally plural demographics and official policies of multiculturalism. Global Citizenship Education (GCE) is a growing field in Canadian education and is an explicit focus in the Alberta social studies curriculum. This thesis brings together four conversations within which multiculturalism and GCE are both related and conflated: (a) the public perceptions of Canada as a model of cultural diversity and global citizenship, (b) the scholarly discussions of GCE and multiculturalism, (c) the policy context where multiculturalism is set alongside GCE, and (d) the practical ways that the two are mutually related in curriculum and lesson documents. There are four interrelated sections to this thesis; each identifies the tensions inherent to multiculturalism, GCE, and the perceived relationship between these fields. First is a wider philosophical and theoretical framing of the topic. Second is the examination of educational research on the topic. Third is a critical discourse analysis of policy, curriculum, and lesson plan documents in the province of Alberta. Last is a synthesis of the findings from all three sections. The analysis finds that there are philosophical and ideological tensions inherent to both fields and to the relationships between them. This contributes to conceptual and ideological conflation and confusion. This finding raises some important concerns in terms of possibilities and constraints to thinking about cultural diversity and social inequities in new ways. It highlights how multicultural contexts of GCE can lead to the recreation of tensions, conflation, and ambiguity. However, the Alberta context demonstrates that a multicultural context can also open critical spaces and possibilities for GCE through engagements with tensions and complexities. Thus this thesis contributes theoretically, by presenting a framework and perspective for interrogating and critically inquiring into the relationship between the two fields. It also contributes to the policy and curriculum discussions in educational research and practice by highlighting the importance of foregrounding key tensions inherent to each field and by identifying the potential negative consequences of leaving these tensions implicit.

Retellings of classic fairy tales have become increasingly popular in the past decade, but little research has been done on the novelizations written for a young adult (YA) audience. Critical multicultural analysis determining the effect of race, gender, disability, and more has been completed for both original fairy tale retellings and fairy tale retellings for children, but scholars have neglected popular YA novelizations. This study aims to determine how traditional masculinity and femininity affect agency in both male and female characters in YA novelizations of Cinderella. To examine the role of traditional masculinity and femininity in young adult novelizations of Cinderella, a qualitative study was designed to look at the five main archetypal characters of Cinderella, the prince, the stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother. The study used critical multicultural analysis as defined by Botelho & Rudman (2009) to examine uses of agency and other utilization of power from the characters, and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (1974) was employed to determine traditionally masculine and feminine traits exhibited by characters. Each novel was analyzed on an individual level to determine how traditional masculinity and femininity affected the agency of the characters, after the books were examined on a broader level to establish themes found across the selection. The general trend seemed to indicate that traditionally feminine traits hinder the agency of female characters while affecting male characters less or not at all. The analysis is followed by a discussion about the implications for both educators and readers of young adult literature.

Retellings of classic fairy tales have become increasingly popular in the past decade, but little research has been done on the novelizations written for a young adult (YA) audience. Critical multicultural analysis determining the effect of race, gender, disability, and more has been completed for both original fairy tale retellings and fairy tale retellings for children, but scholars have neglected popular YA novelizations. This study aims to determine how traditional masculinity and femininity affect agency in both male and female characters in YA novelizations of Cinderella. To examine the role of traditional masculinity and femininity in young adult novelizations of Cinderella, a qualitative study was designed to look at the five main archetypal characters of Cinderella, the prince, the stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy godmother. The study used critical multicultural analysis as defined by Botelho & Rudman (2009) to examine uses of agency and other utilization of power from the characters, and the Bem Sex Role Inventory (1974) was employed to determine traditionally masculine and feminine traits exhibited by characters. Each novel was analyzed on an individual level to determine how traditional masculinity and femininity affected the agency of the characters, after the books were examined on a broader level to establish themes found across the selection. The general trend seemed to indicate that traditionally feminine traits hinder the agency of female characters while affecting male characters less or not at all. The analysis is followed by a discussion about the implications for both educators and readers of young adult literature.

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