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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... action and change ( Skeggs 1991 , Cole and Hill 1995 ) . The second dilemma is that we are left , amongst ' the lived muddle of justice ethics ' ( Seddon 2003 ) , with little hope of finding a dominant perspective and metanarra- tive of ...
... action around public - sector ser- vices such as education . The explanation for this lack of faith in the possibility or utility of collective action can be framed simply : we live in a passive , although perhaps increasingly cynical ...
... action for change . Michael Reiss ' chapter focuses on another area of the school curriculum : sci- ence . He argues for a broader view of science education , one that locates it firmly within a socio - political context , which can be ...
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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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