Pedagogy
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On the penultimate day of SHAPE Education: The Future of Schools, educational technology took centre stage. Mario Barosevcic, Nik Peachy, Gisella Langé, and Jason Tan gave talks and discussed the role they see technology playing in education by 2040. The talks and conversations covered a wide range of topics including: the pedagogy in educational technology,…
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Khandelwal et al. (2022), in “Breaking out of your comfort zone: archival research on epistemology in inclusive education pedagogy for Industry 4.0”, emphasized on inclusive pedagogies to ensure students meet the technological needs of Industry 4.0. They stated that Industry 4.0 is more technology-oriented and needs people skilled in technologies to give equal opportunities to all, even the…
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“Disability is one of the most serious barriers to education across the globe” – UNICEF (https://www.unicef.org/) Introduction With each passing day, the composition of students in higher education institutions is becoming diverse (Fabricius et al., 2017). Students from various socio-economic backgrounds, physical disabilities and ethnicity are joining mainstream education (Betancourt et al., 2000; Burkhardt and Bennett, 2015). Based on UNICEF…
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Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. Gender is hierarchical…
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How traditional and critical pedagogy address social class issues in mainstream education Introduction International policy on education encourages inclusive learning, with the stipulation that no individual should suffer discrimination or stigma on grounds of disability, race, religion, social class etc. According to Aaronson and Anderson (2013), disabled children have rights to learn alongside their contemporaries—a…
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