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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... relational aspects of social justice . In the 1970s and early 1980s , in the study of education and other social science disciplines , class - based analyses occupied a prime position . As a result , the structuring of Introduction.
Carol Vincent. prime position . As a result , the structuring of experience that resulted from other dimensions of identity - belonging to a particular gender , ethnic , racial and / or religious grouping for example - received less ...
... positions reach compromises , temporary settle- ments , if not consensus ( Vincent 2000 : 15-16 , Martin and Vincent 1999 ) . The problems associated with such proposals are well known . They may prove to be little more than ' romantic ...
... position ourselves within , the narratives of the past . ( Hall 1993 : 394 , cited in Rassool 1997 ) Hall draws attention to the fact that we are both assigned social identities and cre- ate our own sense of identity , our self - image ...
... position of low status within the col- lege hierarchy , ' this organisation also generates a network of subject positions in relation to these hierarchies ... it defines what it is to be cultivated and clever against what it is to be ...
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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