Aspirational Standing: Recognition in the Transformative Classroom

Guest Editorial: [Healthy and Transformative Spaces] in education

“…While schools have long been concerned about the well-being of students, the meaning of healthy spaces in education changes as social, political, environmental, and cultural forces shift over time. Similarly, as scholars consider how to do education differently, they should guard against transformative education becoming cliché; that is, overused to the point of becoming meaningless (Fantuzzo, 2022). Fantuzzo (2022) argues for transformative education as aspirational (p. 159), stating it is not about asking: "Is this school transformative?…”