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Expanding Students’ Ideas About Race, Religion and the Western Suburbs with Amra Pajalic

Greg Curran — Tue, 04 Sep 2018 09:00:55 +0000

In Episode 48, we explore teaching in a western suburbs’ school where students face bigotry and negative stereotyping based on their race, religious beliefs, and the suburbs they live in. Episode 48 CLICK PLAY to listen to Amra Pajalic Episode Guest Amra Pajalic is a secondary school teacher and young adult novelist who teaches in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Australia. Amra went to the same school she now teaches in. Quick Guide Amra introduces herself The stereotypes associated with the western suburbs in Melbourne, Australia Amra’s connection with her students The need to escape and reinvent oneself Challenging the stereotypes,

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Complicating Diversity and Inclusion with Maha Bali

Greg Curran — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 09:00:40 +0000

In Episode 42: becoming conscious about oppression; why we need to re-think traditional critical thinking and debating approaches in the classroom; and how we can push beyond generic approaches to diversity and inclusion. Episode 42 CLICK PLAY to listen to Maha Bali Episode Guest Maha Bali is an Associate Professor of Practice at the Center for Learning & Teaching at the American University in Cairo. Maha is also the co-founder & co-director of virtuallyconnecting.org. Episode 42 – Quick Guide Maha introduces herself Becoming conscious of our oppression The challenge of implementing critical pedagogy – in the classroom and online Gender inequality in STEM |

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Having a Voice and a Sense of Belonging in a Soccer Club with Ramon Spaaij

Greg Curran — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:00:47 +0000

It’s a soccer team made up almost entirely of new arrivals and refugees to Australia. So how do the young players construct their identity and sense of belonging? And what about the young women facing narrow and discriminatory views of femininity at the club? How do they resist? Episode 38: Overview In this episode, we focus on a soccer team in the western suburbs of Melbourne Australia. A team made up almost entirely of new arrivals and refugees from the Horn of Africa (Somalia, Eritrea, Ethiopia). Our guest (Ramon Spaaij) studied this team, its players and families over a 3 year period.

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