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RSE4801 ASSIGNMENT 1
ANSWERS & REFERENCES
Due Date: 15 MAY 2026
(2 ESSAYS PROVIDED)
For this assignment, you are required to write an essay of approximately 2000–3000 words in
which you discuss what you consider to constitute an activist researcher of education and the
role such a researcher can play in times of crisis. Your discussion should address the various
forms of crises affecting education and society, including genocides, epistemicide, ontocide,
linguisticide, culturcide, and scholasticide, and explain how an activist researcher can respond
to and challenge these injustices through educational research.
ESSAY ONE………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 3
OR
ESSAY TWO…………………………………………………………………………PAGE 8
RSE4801 ASSIGNMENT 1
ANSWERS & REFERENCES
Due Date: 15 MAY 2026
(2 ESSAYS PROVIDED)
For this assignment, you are required to write an essay of approximately 2000–3000 words in
which you discuss what you consider to constitute an activist researcher of education and the
role such a researcher can play in times of crisis. Your discussion should address the various
forms of crises affecting education and society, including genocides, epistemicide, ontocide,
linguisticide, culturcide, and scholasticide, and explain how an activist researcher can respond
to and challenge these injustices through educational research.
ESSAY ONE………………………………………………………………………….PAGE 3
OR
ESSAY TWO…………………………………………………………………………PAGE 8
