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Opini, Bathseba

Associate Professor, Teaching

604–822–5361

bathseba.opini@ubc.ca

On Leave

About

Research Interests

Disability studies, Equity, International and Comparative Education, Policy, Race/ethnicity, Research methodologies, Social and Cultural Foundations of Education, Sociology of Education, Teaching and Practice

Research Supervision Interests

On Leave

I am not accepting any graduate students at this time

 

Individual research Interests

Antiracist and Anticolonial Education
Teacher Education, Africa

Bio


Research and Education

Education

Toronto, PhD

Research Projects

Selected Publications

Abshire, L. & Opini, B. (2021). Disability studies and socially just teacher preparation: Implications for curriculum and praxis. In A.A. Abdi (Ed.). Critical theorizations of education, pp. 87-100. Brill

Radebe, P. & Opini, B. (2021). Racialization of knowledge: How the marginalization of Black history and knowledges fosters a lack of racial literacy among teacher candidates. Northwest Journal of Teacher Education,16(2), 1-18.

Opini, B. & Neeganagwedgin, E. (2020). Decolonizing pedagogy: The complexities, tension and possibilities of doing spirit work in teacher education. In A. E. Mazawi & M. Stack (Eds.) Course syllabi in faculties of education across the world: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, pp. 134 -152. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers.

Neeganagwedgin, E. & Opini, B. (2020). Instructional design: Re-conceptualizing practices. In A. E. Mazawi & M. Stack (Eds.) Course syllabi in faculties of education across the world: Bodies of knowledge and their discontents, pp. 247 -259. New York, NY: Bloomsbury Academic Publishers.

Opin, B. (2020). We must tackle and dismantle systemic racism and white supremacy. http://www.idees-ideas.ca/blog/we-must-tackle-and-dismantle-systemic-racism-and-white-supremacy

Opini, B.  (2019). Inclusive education as exclusive practice: One parent’s experience advocating for children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders within the school system. Exceptionality Education International, 29(2), 72-90.

Easterbrook, A. , Bulk, L.Y., Hahn, B.  & Jarus, T., Hahn, B., Ghanouni, P., Lee, M., Opini, B., & Parhar, G. (2019). University gatekeepers’ use of the rhetoric of citizenship to relegate the status of students with disabilities in health and human service programs, Disability & Society, 1-23

Opini, B. & Onditi, H. (2016). Education for all and students with disabilities in Tanzanian primary schools: Challenges and successes. International Journal of Educational Studies, 3(2), 65-76.

Opini, B.  (2016). Walking the talk: Towards a more inclusive field of disability studies. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 20(1), 67-90.

Easterbrook, A., Bulk, L., Ghanouni, P., Lee, M. Opini, B. Roberts, E. Parhar, G. & Jarus, T. (2015). The legitimization process of students with disabilities in Health and Human Service educational programs in Canada. Disability & Society, 30 (10), 1505-1520.

Opini, B. (2012). Examining the motivations of disabled women’s participation in higher education in Kenya. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research, 29(3), 303-318.

Opini, B. (2012). Barriers to participation of women students with disabilities in university education in Kenya. Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 25(1), 67-79.

Opini, B. (2010). A review of the involvement of disabled persons in the labor force: The Kenyan context. Disability & Society, 25(3), 271-287.

Opini, B. (2008). Strengths and limitations of Ontario post-secondary accessibility plans: A review of one university accessibility plan. International Journal of Inclusive Education, 12(2), 127-149.


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Courses taught

EDST 401 – Education, School and Social Institutions

EDST 402 – Education and Media

EDST 403 – Knowledge and Curriculum

EDST 404 – Ethics and Education

EDUC 452 – Inquiry Seminar

EDST 565 –  Antiracism Education

EDST 579 – School Community Relations

EDST 581 – Leadership and Aims of Education


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