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Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong00:03 Hello, listeners! and welcome to the Conversations4Citizenship podcast. I am your host, Stella Mi-cheong Cheong. Today we are delighted to welcome Dr. Arzhia Habibi, a Junior Research Fellow and Chapel Director at Somerville College, University of Oxford, explores the nuanced expressions of global citizenship through the lens of Chinese cultural and educational practices. Th

TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:00 Hello, Listeners! Welcome to Conversations4Citizenship. I am your host, Stella Micheong Cheong. In today's episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Dr. Patricia Leavy, a pioneering scholar who has made significant contributions to the field of innovative research methods. Dr. Leavy is a prolific author, having published over 40 books and more than 500 articles, essays, and interviews. She is best known for her groundbreaking wor

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:05 Hello everyone, and participants from around the world, it is my honor to introduce Prof. Henry Giroux, for today's Q&A session. Dr. Giroux holds the prestigious position of Chair for Scholarship in the Public Interest and is the Distinguished Scholar in Critical Pedagogy at McMaster University in Canada. An internationally renowned writer, cultural critic, and one of the

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:04 Hello, listeners and welcome to the #conversations4citizenship podcast. I'm your host, Stella Micheong Cheong. Today, we aim to offer a thought-provoking discussion on the intersection between social justice education and citizenship education, providing insight for educators, scholars, and anyone interested in the future of citizenship education. I'm excited to be joined

EPISODE NOTES Hello Listeners, we are happy to announce the return of #Conversations4Citizenship for Season 3! This season, we will be diving deeper into the world of citizenship and human rights education, exploring a range of exciting topics alongside you. We will be examining various research methods that can be applied to this field, including innovative art-based approaches. As we are seeing, the world is changing rapidly thanks to technological advancements like Large L

EPISODE NOTES Hello, listeners. I am Stella. As we come to the end of season two of the conversations for citizenship podcast, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude for all our remarkable speakers and listeners and supporters. It's been an incredible journey exploring the diverse topics of citizenship, human rights, and social justice, with thought provoking discussions and inspiring stories. Throughout this season, we have had the privilege of engaging with researchers

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode, SangA Back, a primary school teacher, shared her experiences and challenges in global citizenship education during an interview. She discussed the importance of empowering students to become global citizens and the challenges faced in South Korea, such as a lack of teacher interest and the perception that global citizenship issues only pertain to developing countries. She also shared her experiences in Peru and Argentina, where she was involve

EPISODE NOTES In this episode, we discuss with Dr. Tony Breslin how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted on schools, education, young people, teachers, school leaders, and education systems. Tony’s recent work and research reflect on English schools yet can illuminate all education systems. Tony has written extensively on schools and education most recently in the critically acclaimed book ‘Lessons from Lockdown’ and in its sequel ‘Bubble Schools and the Long Road from Lockdown

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:17 Hello, listeners! Welcome to the episode of Conversations 4 Citizenship! I’m Stella Micheong Cheong from University College London. In today's episode, we will be discussing the concept of learner-centered pedagogy (LCP), which places the student at the forefront of the educational experience. With the rapid changes happening in the world, it is essential for students to d

EPISODE SUMMARY In the 8th episode of Conversations4Citizenship, we had the pleasure of hosting Professor Carol Vincent, a renowned sociologist and co-director of the Centre for Sociology of Education and Equity at UCL's Faculty of Education and Society. Carol deals with the topic of values in education, specifically focusing on 'Fundamental British Values' that emerged in 2014 and their relationship to citizenship education. EPISODE NOTES Today's guest is Professor Carol Vin

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:00 Hello, listeners. Welcome to this episode of conversation for citizenship. This is a Stella Micheong Cheong from University College London. Our guest today is Dr. Jordi Collet-Sabéwho is an associate professor in education at the University of Vic in Spain. He has been involved in a range of research projects relating to critical pedagogy and school reforms and so on. Toda

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong00:00 Good day, listeners. Welcome to this episode of Conversations for Citizenship. This is a Stella Micheong Cheong from University College London. Our guest today is Dr. Richard Race, who is a visiting professor in Education at Sapienza University in Italy. For almost two decades, his research work has focused on multicultural education, anti-racism education, and citizenship e

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Micheong Cheong 00:18 Hello, listeners, welcome to an episode of conversations4citizenship. I'm Stella Cheong from University College London. In a democratic society, schools have been recognised as a representative space for learning democracy as a rehearsal place to prepare children and young people to become responsible, active, and rights-respecting citizens. Since schools cannot practice t

EPISODE SUMMARY In this episode of Conversations4Citizenship, Dr. Rowena Azada-Palacios (Ateneo de Manila University) and the rest of the team converse with Dr. Diana Rodríguez-Gómez (University of Wisconsin-Madison) about her research on places affected by violence and the impact this violence has on young people and on educational processes. EPISODE NOTES The 4th episode of this season features Dr. Diana Rodríguez-Gómez (University of Wisconsin-Madison). Diana’s research ha

EPISODE SUMMARY In episode 3 of Conversations4Citizenship, Dr. Rowena Azada-Palacios (Ateneo de Manila University) has a conversation with Dr. Jonathan Corpus Ong from the University of Massachusetts Amherst who shares his insights and research on disinformation and enhanced global media ethics. EPISODE NOTES In this episode, we talk with Dr. Jonathan Ong about the spreading of disinformation and who some of the actors are in this space. He describes how he began his research

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Dr. Rowena Azada Palacios (00:01) Hello listeners and welcome to this episode of conversations4citizenship. I am Rowena Azada Palacios from London Metropolitan University. And in this episode, we will be talking about civic identities. Now the definition of civic identity can differ from context to context, but it can be best understood as a sense of civic self, who can embrace beliefs and emotions abo

EPISODE SUMMARY In what way can racism be 'sophisticated'? How does 'sophisticated racism' appear in school and in the workplace? What experiences of racism do Black girls and Black women undergo? In this episode, Dr Victoria Showunmi draws on personal anecdotes to introduce us to the concept of sophisticated racism, and everyday strategies for dealing with it. EPISODE NOTES This episode's guest, Dr Victoria Showunmi, is the author (together with Carol Tomlin) of the book Und

EPISODE NOTES #Conversations4citizenship is back with Season 2; we welcome you all. During this second season, we hope to expand our reach in this post-pandemic era to look at topics that include how the internet is used to manipulate and spread disinformation. In addition, we discuss how communities in Latin America provide entrepreneurial opportunities for youth that keep them out of drug cartels and armed groups. We discuss issues around race all over the globe, and we ha

EPISODE SUMMARY It is no exaggeration to say that we are living in a time of refugee crisis. The global refugee crisis requires educators to re-examine the assimilationist conception of citizenship education and to construct a new pedagogical approach that will respond to the global refugee crisis and celebrate diversity and promote human rights, aiming to build sustainable positive peace. In the final episode of season one of the Conversations4Citizenship, Ambreen Lakhani, a

Click the arrow (›) below to expand or collapse the transcript. TRANSCRIPT Stella Mi-cheong Cheong (00:04) Hello, listeners. Welcome to the latest episode of conversation for citizenship. This is a Stella Cheong from University College London. And I'm delighted to welcome UCL PGCE citizenship students, Ella, Davide, Daniel, Jennifer and Seren who are joining us today. I'm pleased to talk to you all about citizenship education as well as your thoughts and teaching experiences