Hoping is an integral part of what it is to be human, and its significance for education has
been widely noted. Hope is, however, a contested category of human experience and …

This article examines the commitment of Hong Kong teachers in the decade after the
political transition in 1997, when large-scale education reforms were launched. The life …

The provision of early childhood education and care for children and families has received
unprecedented community attention in recent times. In the resulting policy flows, competing …

This paper offers a critique of educational real utopias. Real Utopias are experimental forms
of thought and practice intended to harness the transgressive force of traditional utopianism …

A growing body of research has provided evidence for the cognitive-motivational construct of
hope as a psychological strength, particularly for adolescents confronted with ensuing …

This paper explores the idea, and some elements of the (potential) practice, of utopian
pedagogy. It begins by outlining the general aims of 'utopian pedagogy'and notes the shift …

The study aims to explore the relationship between exposure to community violence, hope,
and well-being. More specifically, the study aims to ascertain whether hope is a stronger …

In this article, we explore the reality of Icelandic preschool teachers who are, as in most
other countries, predominantly female. The gendered nature of the role and the current …

Utopianism, which is a distinctive vocabulary of hope, teaches us that society, including its
physical sites of social and political practice, are both imagined and made and that we can …

This paper describes a process in which early childhood professionals, who were novice
researchers, engaged in their own research projects in collaboration with academics …