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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... theory is balanced with extensive empirical evidence . Therefore the debates contained here have implications for pol- icy and practice , as well as being theoretically and analytically rich . This book will provide unrivalled coverage ...
... Theory and Feminist Politics ( RoutledgeFalmer 2002 ) . Stephen J. Ball is Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education and Director of the Education Policy Research Unit at the University of London Institute of Education . His ...
... theory in current policy think- ing . Together with Anthony Green she has written about various aspects of New Labour education policy and social capital . Sharon Gewirtz is Professor of Education and a member of the Centre for Public ...
... theory of social justice is the most socially just ' . What are the defini- tions of social justice which are useful to apply to a study of education ? To consider the processes by which academic critique can or should influ- ence ...
... Theory , as Stephen Ball argues , has a particular role here . Theory provides this possibility , the possibility of dis - identification - the effect of working on and against ' prevailing practices of ideological subjection . The ...
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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