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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... tion policy . His new book is Class Strategies and the Education Market : the Middle Class and Social Advantage ( RoutledgeFalmer 2003 ) . Ghazala Bhatti is a lecturer at the University of Reading . Her research focuses on the impact of ...
... tion policies and practices . Together with Eva Gamarnikow he has written about various aspects of New Labour education policy and social capital . Roger Hewitt is a Senior Research Associate in the Centre for Urban and Community ...
... tion was a dry laugh and an assurance that this was a thankless task . This has made me greatly appreciate the contributors to this book . They have responded to my various queries and comments with great thoughtfulness , incisiveness ...
... tion offers a way forward in interrogating and challenging particular models and conceptions of social justice . For example , the current UK government's approach to social justice contains a particular ' spin ' which some would ...
... tion and amelioration of deficiencies in family and community organisation , relationships , values and outlooks . Briefly , Jordan describes this understanding of socially just welfare policies as one which ' deals in moral categories ...
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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