Sustainability education governance plays a vital role in advancing global environmental and social goals, yet its institutional forms vary widely across countries and regions. While international frameworks such as SDG 4.7 and UNESCO's Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) provide broad objectives, the ways in which sustainability education…

Two growing phenomena, polarization and populism, are significantly shaping how people determine and use truth, sometimes in ways that jeopardize the ability to reason together well. In this Presidential Address to the Ohio Valley Philosophy of Education Society, Sarah M. Stitzlein sheds light on how polarization and populism pose threats to civic…

Recent music education research has consistently highlighted the complex 'dark times' currently faced by many music teachers, felt particularly keenly in contexts where there seems to have been an erosion of education's capacity to nurture more inclusive, diverse, and democratic practices. Academics have therefore consistently called for music…

Purpose: The purpose of the project was to intervene in a deficit reading of communities. This article engages public pedagogy in a way that suggests a new approach to the field. To this end, both the terms public and pedagogy are interrogated. Design/methodology/approach: The approach in this paper is an analysis of a qualitative research…

Decolonization of higher education policy and practice has become an increasing concern and interest in recent years. This article provides a critical review of the application of decolonization to higher education. It discusses what its proponents mean by the term and how they seek to apply it in practice. It identifies outstanding issues with…

Can epistemic paternalistic practices make us better epistemic agents? While a satisfying answer to this question will ultimately rest at least partly on empirical findings, considering the epistemological discussion on evidence, knowledge, and epistemic virtues can be insightful. In this paper, Giada Fratantonio argues that we have theoretical…

In this essay, Ross Collin offers ethics-focused readings of Anton Chekhov's popular short stories "The Schoolmistress" and "The Teacher of Literature." Chekhov shows in the two stories how teaching can inhibit teachers' flourishing. That is to say, teaching under bad conditions can draw teachers into moral…

This paper expands upon the invitation to rethink how psychology has constructed knowledge, theories, and research while analyzing the epistemological foundations of educational practices in schools, especially those aimed at promoting creativity. Our goal is to critically explore the shortcomings of the traditional, Westernized individualistic,…

Purpose: This viewpoint explores strategic lessons for wider higher education (HE) practices from university business and management apprenticeships in England. The paper highlights parallels between the challenges in apprenticeships and those confronting HE leaders and managers, especially regarding rising regulatory pressures, financial…

This book aims to challenge and inspire readers with lived examples of alternatives to current paradigms in education, childhood and community, through new research into two important and neglected schools in the history of progressive and radical education. Kilguhanity and Wennington schools were both founded in the UK in 1940, and at both…

Courses of Black German culture taught in the United States implicitly confront expectations of comparison between, if not ranking of, anti-Black racisms of the two countries. Through a critical self-reflection and evaluation of my own experiences teaching Black German culture as a White instructor, I suggest that White instructors of these…

This paper discusses the development of the National Framework for Inclusion 3rd edition. This is a key publication for educators both in Scotland and globally, written by members of the Scottish Universities Inclusion Group (SUIG). This structured reflective resource, which is underpinned by the principles of Inclusive Pedagogical Approaches in…

The role of social media in the global society and economy has increased substantially over the years across different populations, age groups, and contexts. Using social media can be both beneficial and risky. People's ability to navigate it safely and effectively largely depends on their social media literacy skills, which has significant…

Drawing on critically oriented principles, we invite policymakers and practitioners to extend traditional commitments to bridging the gap between research and policy and practice. To achieve this goal, we move beyond hegemonic norms that privilege traditional forms of research and instead adopt a more inclusive and expansive emphasis on knowledge.…

In this paper, the author will develop a more comprehensive notion of truth, one that goes beyond the epistemological correspondence theory, and the author will argue for the importance of authentication as a crucial extension of truth, especially in a posttruth climate. Hannah Arendt observes, "facts need testimony to be remembered and…