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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... interest in the interface between public policy and professional ethics and has published widely on this theme and related issues in applied ethics . Debbie Epstein is Professor of Education at Goldsmiths College , Notes on contributors.
... interest in social policy and social justice , and the role of social capital theory in current policy think- ing ... interests include : women and doctoral studies ; changes in doctoral studies globally ; assessment of the PhD ...
... interests lie within the broad area of com- munity - based learning and education . Her latest book is Community Education , Lifelong Learning and Social Inclusion ( Dunedin Academic Press 2002 ) . Carol Vincent is a senior lecturer in ...
... Interest Group ( SIG ) in Social Justice . The authors seek to theorise the concept of social justice , inquire into its presence or absence in various sites and explore how the education system , through its organisation and practices ...
... interests . Ball concludes that families did indeed put first what they saw as the interests of their children even when they had principled objections to private schooling . In cases where a decision to send children to state school ...
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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