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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... sense out of , how to develop and apply that most amorphous of concepts . As Morwenna Griffiths ( 1998 : 90 ) points out , social justice has a temporal and spatial dimension . That is , what is considered as just at one juncture in ...
... sense of collective identity amongst many minority groups which has been articulated in the public sphere . However , some commentators ask whether the shift in atten- tion away from social class inequalities has resulted in the ...
... sense of identity , our self - image . When there are tensions between assigned social identity and self - image , people work to resolve the tensions in dif- ferent ways ( Woods and Jeffrey 2002 : 90 ) . As several contributors to this ...
... sense of agency and self - esteem as well as better health through coming together to identify their own health needs , ques- tion official discourses which put the blame for ill - health on self - chosen deficiencies in lifestyle , and ...
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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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