Social Justice, Education, and IdentityCarol Vincent Psychology Press, 2003 - 227 pages This book answers key questions regarding social justice in education. Its central theme is how the education system, through its organization and practices, is implicated in the realisation of just or unjust social outcomes. In particular, the writers examine the ways in which the identities of individuals and groups are formed and transformed in schools, colleges and universities. |
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... ( Open University Press ) , the latter with Barry Troyna . He is currently completing a major research study of sectarianism and children in Northern Ireland and is also working on a book on boys and schooling in the early years . Alan ...
... Open University . Her research explores cultures of friendship and kin- ship , especially among siblings , an area she is researching for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation , and she has written Sistering : Power and Change in Female ...
... open to other bet- ter placed individuals . Social justice here is partial , exclusionary and tied to particular ways of behaving and particular attitudes . Jordan's account also reveals the way in which social justice is still most ...
... open to both boys and girls . Paechter concludes by suggesting directions for possible action for change . Michael Reiss ' chapter focuses on another area of the school curriculum : sci- ence . He argues for a broader view of science ...
... open to both parents and professionals under these various frameworks . Individual cases within an English and a Scottish authority are compared in order to demonstrate how local policy frameworks and cultures position parents and ...
Contents
Towards a sociology of just practices An analysis of plural conceptions of justice | 15 |
Social justice in the head Are we all libertarians now? | 30 |
Shifting class identities? Social class and the transition to higher education | 51 |
Social justice and nontraditional participants in higher education A tale of border crossing instrumentalism and drift | 65 |
Education and community health Identity social justice and lifestyle issues in communities | 83 |
Male workingclass identities and social justice A reconsideration of Paul Williss Learning to Lahour in light of contemporary research | 97 |
Avoiding the issue Homophobia school policies and identities in secondary schools | 120 |
Masculinities femininities and physical education Bodily practices as reified markers of community membership | 137 |
Science education for social justice | 153 |
The development of young childrens ethnic identities Implications for early years practice | 166 |
Special educational needs and procedural justice in England and Scotland | 185 |
Social justice identity formation and social capital School diversification policy under New Labour | 209 |
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