Carmel Borg
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3587498 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Carmel Borg |
| NOMBRES | Carmel |
| APELLIDO | Borg |
| FIRMA | BORG C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2380-1623 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 7 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1995 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Reception or deception? Formal and non-formal education provision for adult migrants in Greece and Malta
This article critically examines the provision of formal and non- formal adult education for migrants in Greece and Malta – two European Union (EU) frontline states navigating complex intersections of migration, geopolitics, and national policy constraints. In this paper, migrants include those who access the host country regularly or irregularly. They are addressed using a human rights– based lens, and considered in light of their status as disp…
From Learner-Centered Education (LCE) to Emancipatory Learner-Centered Education (Elce)
This article discusses the findings of qualitative case-study research that looks at pedagogical contexts of adult education programs for migrants in Cyprus, Scotland, Malta, and Estonia. The goal of this research is to understand how Learner-Centered Education (LCE) is promoted within a human-rights framework and implemented as an approach to emancipatory social change. The findings show significant discrepancies in the implementation of LCE. Di…
The EU Memorandum on lifelong learning . Old wine in new bottles
This paper provides a critical analysis of the EU’s Memorandum on lifelong learning in light of the evolution of the concepts of lifelong education and lifelong learning from the late sixties onward. It also analyses this document in light of the forces of globalisation that impinge on educational policy‐making in Europe as well as the all‐pervasive neo‐liberal ideology. The paper moves from theory to practice to provide critical considerations c…
Challenges for Critical Pedagogy
Social difference, cultural arbitrary and identity
This article focuses on the idea of the Curriculum as a 'selection from the cultures of society' and as a site of contestation for legitimacy and identity affirmation. The purpose is to shed some light on the nature of curricular reform being advocated in a specific context - Malta. Throughout the past four years, there has been a revamping of the National Minimum Curriculum (NMC) document in Malta, established in 1988. The 'old' National Minimum…
From 'Adjuncts' to 'Subjects
This paper focuses on a project of parental involvement in a state primary school located in a predominantly working-class area in Malta. The authors are two of the project's coordinators. The paper reviews the international literature on parental participation in schools, gives an account of the socio-economic context of the school, and foregrounds, through empirical data culled from transcribed semi-structured interviews, the voices of parents,…
Malta's National Curriculum
The EU Memorandum on lifelong learning . Old wine in new bottles
This paper provides a critical analysis of the EU’s Memorandum on lifelong learning in light of the evolution of the concepts of lifelong education and lifelong learning from the late sixties onward. It also analyses this document in light of the forces of globalisation that impinge on educational policy‐making in Europe as well as the all‐pervasive neo‐liberal ideology. The paper moves from theory to practice to provide critical considerations c…
Social difference, cultural arbitrary and identity
This article focuses on the idea of the Curriculum as a 'selection from the cultures of society' and as a site of contestation for legitimacy and identity affirmation. The purpose is to shed some light on the nature of curricular reform being advocated in a specific context - Malta. Throughout the past four years, there has been a revamping of the National Minimum Curriculum (NMC) document in Malta, established in 1988. The 'old' National Minimum…
From 'Adjuncts' to 'Subjects
This paper focuses on a project of parental involvement in a state primary school located in a predominantly working-class area in Malta. The authors are two of the project's coordinators. The paper reviews the international literature on parental participation in schools, gives an account of the socio-economic context of the school, and foregrounds, through empirical data culled from transcribed semi-structured interviews, the voices of parents,…
Challenges for Critical Pedagogy
Malta's National Curriculum
Malta's National Curriculum
Social difference, cultural arbitrary and identity
This article focuses on the idea of the Curriculum as a 'selection from the cultures of society' and as a site of contestation for legitimacy and identity affirmation. The purpose is to shed some light on the nature of curricular reform being advocated in a specific context - Malta. Throughout the past four years, there has been a revamping of the National Minimum Curriculum (NMC) document in Malta, established in 1988. The 'old' National Minimum…
From 'Adjuncts' to 'Subjects
This paper focuses on a project of parental involvement in a state primary school located in a predominantly working-class area in Malta. The authors are two of the project's coordinators. The paper reviews the international literature on parental participation in schools, gives an account of the socio-economic context of the school, and foregrounds, through empirical data culled from transcribed semi-structured interviews, the voices of parents,…
The EU Memorandum on lifelong learning . Old wine in new bottles
This paper provides a critical analysis of the EU’s Memorandum on lifelong learning in light of the evolution of the concepts of lifelong education and lifelong learning from the late sixties onward. It also analyses this document in light of the forces of globalisation that impinge on educational policy‐making in Europe as well as the all‐pervasive neo‐liberal ideology. The paper moves from theory to practice to provide critical considerations c…
Challenges for Critical Pedagogy
From Learner-Centered Education (LCE) to Emancipatory Learner-Centered Education (Elce)
This article discusses the findings of qualitative case-study research that looks at pedagogical contexts of adult education programs for migrants in Cyprus, Scotland, Malta, and Estonia. The goal of this research is to understand how Learner-Centered Education (LCE) is promoted within a human-rights framework and implemented as an approach to emancipatory social change. The findings show significant discrepancies in the implementation of LCE. Di…
Reception or deception? Formal and non-formal education provision for adult migrants in Greece and Malta
This article critically examines the provision of formal and non- formal adult education for migrants in Greece and Malta – two European Union (EU) frontline states navigating complex intersections of migration, geopolitics, and national policy constraints. In this paper, migrants include those who access the host country regularly or irregularly. They are addressed using a human rights– based lens, and considered in light of their status as disp…
Pedagogy (6 obras) · Political science (6 obras) · Sociology (6 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Law (4 obras) · Global Education and Multiculturalism (3 obras) · Politics (3 obras) · Adult education (2 obras) · Curriculum (2 obras) · Gender Studies (2 obras)