Westheimer, JoelQi, SuyeFaisal, MuhammadBergquist, KarliAglah, ChristianLiu, Bohui HolliePai, Jimmy Kuang YuZendedel, SonaKarunaweera, Anushka SajaniVentrella, Frank MRahimpanah, MasoumehOrolade, KayodeMcAllister, SarahVentrella, Frank M2024-09-062024-09-062024-04Ventrella, F. M. (Ed.). (2024). Contemporary issues in education. The Best Cohort Press.http://hdl.handle.net/10393/46537This handbook comprises chapters written by a cohort of doctoral students during a seminar at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Education. These chapters unpack various contemporary issues in education and are divided amongst five main sections: Controversial Issues in Education; Real-World Learning and Assessment; Social Justice in Education; Digital Technologies in Education; and Mental Health and Safety in Education. In the words of Dr. Marc Spooner, "if you only read one book on education this year, this is the book to choose."enAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/educationlearningassessmentsocial justicegender equalitydigital technologiesmental healthsafetydemocracysex educationsustainable developmentConfucianChinaethnomathematicsrealityalternative assessmentteachingstudentlearnermathematics educationcritical mathematics educationagencyedtecheducational technologyaccessabilityartificial intelligenceAIGenAImedia literacymisinformationdisinformationdigital inequalitiesdigital dividecritical thinkingsocial mediapropagandafake newsschool violencecontroversial issuesstudent well-beingstudent resiliencepractical learningpositive psychologyhuman flourishingpedagogical practiceBook