Sig Members' Highlight - August 2025
Showcase of alternatives that our SIG members have been involved in.
NORRAG/TAP Special Issue
This NORRAG Special Issue 10 explores the critical role of education in shaping a more just and equitable world. Contributors from diverse backgrounds offer innovative perspectives on how education can be transformed to address the pressing social, economic, political, and ecological crisis and challenges of our time.
Drawing on theoretical frameworks and practical experiences, the authors present a range of alternative approaches and non-reformist reforms, including anti-racist and anti-patriarchal education, climate/environmental and decolonial education, cosmopolitical learning, critical multicultural education and critical pedagogy, democratic schools, holistic education, Indigenous education and knowledge, peace education, and education for social justice.
This edition of the NSI was edited by eight members of The Alternatives Project (TAP), who are also SIG members. They are a diverse, transnational collective of progressive academics, union members, civil society activists, and social movement participants concerned with building a global collective critical voice oriented towards education and societal transformation. Read More...
You can also watch the 90-minute issue launch here.
Online Summer School based on NORRAG Issue
by Frank Adamson, Alice Taylor, Deepa Srikantaiah, and Michael Gibbons
Led by SIG members, editors and authors Frank Adamson, Alice Taylor, Deepa Srikantaiah, and Michael Gibbons of NORRAG Special Issue on alternative education and other global experts on education alternatives, the participants learned about important themes such as theoretical frameworks for alternative education, the application of education in advancing social justice, insights from practical experiences, and the development of locally relevant educational models.
The virtual Summer School for this year is a comprehensive 10-week program centered on Alternative Education for a Just Future. Commencing on June 28, 2025, the program is specifically tailored for Farsi-speaking educators engaged in formal, non-formal, and informal educational contexts. This year’s curriculum will examine the role of education as an instrument for justice, inclusion, and social transformation through a combination of expert panel discussions, interactive workshops, and a specialized course on alternative education design. The program incorporates both synchronous and asynchronous learning components.
Learn more about Frank Adamson, Alice Taylor, Deepa Srikantaiah, and Michael Gibbons
Climate Change Summer Class in Tanzania
by Carol Anne Spreen
Cool Course created by our SIG Chair Carol Anne Spreen: "A Systems Approach to Climate Change- Efficient Strategies for Local Mitigation”.
NYU students worked alongside UNICEF professionals and community members in Tanzania to develop practical solutions to climate-related challenges.
The interdisciplinary class included 29 NYU graduate students from the Global Public Health, the International Education program, Professional Studies, and Public Policy; junior faculty and post-doc members from MUHAS; and about 30 professionals from UNICEF, local and global NGOs, and government partners working in Tanzania’s capital of Dodoma and in Zanzibar. Read more...
Learn more about Carol Anne Spreen
21ST CENTURY EDUCATIONAL ALTERNATIVES: CONFRONTING RACIAL CAPITALISM, PATRIARCHY, MILITARISM AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS
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