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The Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education have been developing quality in higher education for a decade. Yet a concerted mapping of the activities that centres employ has yet to be done. Based on the annual reports from the Centres of Excellence in Education we present a concerted mapping of activities that the centres initiate to develop higher education. The mapping of the activities is useful to create a broader picture of the current practices for quality enhancement in higher education and can serve as a starting point for other academic communities that are interested in developing higher education.
Our findings suggest that the centres’ initiatives are interrelated and that several activities serve multiple goals. We have found that three key activity areas encapsulate the principal activities initiated by the centres: (1) knowledge building, (2) role development and (3) partnership/collaboration. Our understanding of these key activity areas can create a broader picture of current practices for quality enhancement in higher education.
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The aim of this chapter is to give an overview of COMPASS (Didaktische Kompetenzen in der mehrsprachigen Klasse [Didactic Competences in Multilingual Classes]), a two-year research and professional development initiative on inclusive plurilingual education that is being carried out in South Tyrol, Italy. Launched in 2021, the initiative includes a training course for teams of primary school teachers. Its aim is to promote the development of some of the competences and tools that are necessary to leverage linguistic diversity in the classroom and embrace more inclusive and socially just forms of education. In addition to its training component, COMPASS includes a longitudinal research study aimed at documenting whether the course has any impact on the participants’ beliefs, knowledge and practices. In this contribution we will discuss some of the preliminary findings of our study by drawing on data from one school team, i.e. nine teachers of various subjects working at the same school in a suburban area of South Tyrol: focusing on the concept of the schoolscape, i.e. the display and use of language-related signs in educational environments (Brown, 2012), the chapter will discuss whether and how the participants developed a more responsive attitude to the issue of the implicit and explicit language hierarchies that are present in their educational environment, as well as whether this has an influence on the way languages are displayed and used in school.
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Persistent teacher shortages pose a challenge to schools that have to meet their daily obligation to provide a sufficient number of lessons for their students. Thus, to this end, attempts are being made at schools – with varying degrees of success – to additionally recruit different groups of people. This chapter focuses on the current situation of teacher shortages in Germany, which is one of the central topics in education in Germany at the moment and has initiated a debate about professional standards of teachers among educationalists as well as other stakeholders. It provides an overview of responses to the situation and focuses in particular on hiring alternatively qualified teachers. The chapter details the qualification backgrounds of these newly hired teachers along with statistics regarding the range of alternative routes into the teaching profession in Germany. Examples of country-specific recruitment and qualification concepts are outlined that reveal a possible trade-off between professional standards and the supply of teachers. This perspective is complemented by a review of the current state of research and supplemented by an insight into the specific situation regarding foreign language teaching in Germany. The chapter concludes with a discussion focusing on the implications for educational policy, teacher education and teacher education research.
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This text explores the re-assertion of right-wing populist and fascist ideologies as presented and distributed in the media. In particular, attacks on immigrants, women, minorities, and LGBTQI people are increasing, inspired by the election of politicians who openly support authoritarian discourse and scapegoating. More troubling is how this discourse is inscribed into laws and policies.
Despite the urgency of the situation, the Left has been unable to effectively respond to these events, from liberals insisting on hands-off free speech policies, including covering "both sides of the issue" to socialists who utilize a tunnel vision focus on economic issues at the expense of women and minorities. In order to effectively resist right-wing movements of this magnitude, a socialist/Marxist feminist analysis is necessary for understanding how racism, sexism, and homophobia are conduits for capitalism, not just ‘identity issues.’
Topics addressed in this text include an overview of dialectical materialist feminism and its relevance and a review of characteristics of authoritarian populism and fascism. Additionally, the insistence on a colorblind conceptualization of the working class is critiqued, with its detrimental effects on moving resistance and activism forward. This was a key weakness with the Bernie Sanders campaign, which is discussed. Online environments and their alt-right discourse/function are used as an example of the ineffectiveness of e-libertarianism, which has prioritized hands-off administration, allowing right-wing discourse to overcome many online spaces. Other topics include the emergence of the fetal personhood construct in response to abortion rights, and the rejection of science and expertise.
Despite the urgency of the situation, the Left has been unable to effectively respond to these events, from liberals insisting on hands-off free speech policies, including covering "both sides of the issue" to socialists who utilize a tunnel vision focus on economic issues at the expense of women and minorities. In order to effectively resist right-wing movements of this magnitude, a socialist/Marxist feminist analysis is necessary for understanding how racism, sexism, and homophobia are conduits for capitalism, not just ‘identity issues.’
Topics addressed in this text include an overview of dialectical materialist feminism and its relevance and a review of characteristics of authoritarian populism and fascism. Additionally, the insistence on a colorblind conceptualization of the working class is critiqued, with its detrimental effects on moving resistance and activism forward. This was a key weakness with the Bernie Sanders campaign, which is discussed. Online environments and their alt-right discourse/function are used as an example of the ineffectiveness of e-libertarianism, which has prioritized hands-off administration, allowing right-wing discourse to overcome many online spaces. Other topics include the emergence of the fetal personhood construct in response to abortion rights, and the rejection of science and expertise.
Author:
This text explores the re-assertion of right-wing populist and fascist ideologies as presented and distributed in the media. In particular, attacks on immigrants, women, minorities, and LGBTQI people are increasing, inspired by the election of politicians who openly support authoritarian discourse and scapegoating. More troubling is how this discourse is inscribed into laws and policies.
Despite the urgency of the situation, the Left has been unable to effectively respond to these events, from liberals insisting on hands-off free speech policies, including covering "both sides of the issue" to socialists who utilize a tunnel vision focus on economic issues at the expense of women and minorities. In order to effectively resist right-wing movements of this magnitude, a socialist/Marxist feminist analysis is necessary for understanding how racism, sexism, and homophobia are conduits for capitalism, not just ‘identity issues.’
Topics addressed in this text include an overview of dialectical materialist feminism and its relevance and a review of characteristics of authoritarian populism and fascism. Additionally, the insistence on a colorblind conceptualization of the working class is critiqued, with its detrimental effects on moving resistance and activism forward. This was a key weakness with the Bernie Sanders campaign, which is discussed. Online environments and their alt-right discourse/function are used as an example of the ineffectiveness of e-libertarianism, which has prioritized hands-off administration, allowing right-wing discourse to overcome many online spaces. Other topics include the emergence of the fetal personhood construct in response to abortion rights, and the rejection of science and expertise.
Despite the urgency of the situation, the Left has been unable to effectively respond to these events, from liberals insisting on hands-off free speech policies, including covering "both sides of the issue" to socialists who utilize a tunnel vision focus on economic issues at the expense of women and minorities. In order to effectively resist right-wing movements of this magnitude, a socialist/Marxist feminist analysis is necessary for understanding how racism, sexism, and homophobia are conduits for capitalism, not just ‘identity issues.’
Topics addressed in this text include an overview of dialectical materialist feminism and its relevance and a review of characteristics of authoritarian populism and fascism. Additionally, the insistence on a colorblind conceptualization of the working class is critiqued, with its detrimental effects on moving resistance and activism forward. This was a key weakness with the Bernie Sanders campaign, which is discussed. Online environments and their alt-right discourse/function are used as an example of the ineffectiveness of e-libertarianism, which has prioritized hands-off administration, allowing right-wing discourse to overcome many online spaces. Other topics include the emergence of the fetal personhood construct in response to abortion rights, and the rejection of science and expertise.