Social Justice Re-Examined
Dilemmas and solutions for the classroom teacher
UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION Teachers want to do their best for every child, but worry about causing offence and often shy away from troublesome issues. The classroom situations and strategies presented here will help teachers negotiate their way through complex situations and bring about constructive change. This book clarifies concepts and value differences and the subtle ways in which inequality often works. Theoretical as well as practical, these chapters look from inside out from the perspective of the teacher. They cover a wide range of issues: race, gender, poverty and class, sexuality, religion, English as an Additional Language, Islamophobia, Traveller children and ADHD. The book is essential reading for student teachers, early career teachers and teacher educators, but will also be invaluable for experienced teachers as they navigate their work in an increasingly diverse society.
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Dilemmas and solutions for the classroom teacher
UPDATED AND EXPANDED EDITION Teachers want to do their best for every child, but worry about causing offence and often shy away from troublesome issues. The classroom situations and strategies presented here will help teachers negotiate their way through complex situations and bring about constructive change. This book clarifies concepts and value differences and the subtle ways in which inequality often works. Theoretical as well as practical, these chapters look from inside out from the perspective of the teacher. They cover a wide range of issues: race, gender, poverty and class, sexuality, religion, English as an Additional Language, Islamophobia, Traveller children and ADHD. The book is essential reading for student teachers, early career teachers and teacher educators, but will also be invaluable for experienced teachers as they navigate their work in an increasingly diverse society.Manifestos, Policies and Practices
An equalities agenda
Presenting the case for for radical policy reform through analysis of the 2017 Labour Party Manifesto and contemporary policies of other UK political parties, the book comprises a series of short essays on key policy areas, highlighting the values in each that underpin an equalities agenda.
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An equalities agenda
Presenting the case for for radical policy reform through analysis of the 2017 Labour Party Manifesto and contemporary policies of other UK political parties, the book comprises a series of short essays on key policy areas, highlighting the values in each that underpin an equalities agenda.Educational Inequality
Closing the gap
This research shows how schools in one diverse and disadvantaged inner-city local authority have raised children’s attainment to levels that far surpass the national average at KS 2 and GCSE: gifted leadership, targeted interventions, effective teachers who mirror the school’s intake, and governor, parent and community involvement = Outstanding.
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Closing the gap
This research shows how schools in one diverse and disadvantaged inner-city local authority have raised children’s attainment to levels that far surpass the national average at KS 2 and GCSE: gifted leadership, targeted interventions, effective teachers who mirror the school’s intake, and governor, parent and community involvement = Outstanding.Inclusion and Intersectionality in Visual Arts Education
This unique book examines the varied and overlapping identities celebrated in the visual arts in Higher Education. The authors use case studies to show how intersectional theory illuminates debates on inclusion in arts education concerning race, gender, sexuality or class, in compelling and unpredictable new directions.
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This unique book examines the varied and overlapping identities celebrated in the visual arts in Higher Education. The authors use case studies to show how intersectional theory illuminates debates on inclusion in arts education concerning race, gender, sexuality or class, in compelling and unpredictable new directions.
Applied Educational Psychology with 16–25 Year Olds
New frameworks and perspectives for working with young people
Since the 2014 Children and Families Act, educational psychologists work in post-16 establishments as well as schools. The settings are different, as are the clients and their needs. Applied psychologists who work with 16-25-year-olds offer their colleagues advice, technical support and practical ideas so they can meet the needs of young adults.
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New frameworks and perspectives for working with young people
Since the 2014 Children and Families Act, educational psychologists work in post-16 establishments as well as schools. The settings are different, as are the clients and their needs. Applied psychologists who work with 16-25-year-olds offer their colleagues advice, technical support and practical ideas so they can meet the needs of young adults.Speaking Out against Racism in the University Space
This powerful combination of accounts by minoritized students of their experiences and views, a frame of analysis based on Critical Race Theory, and the personal affinity and empathy with her students of the author, yield valuable insights into racism in higher education institutions, and indicate how it can be tackled.
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This powerful combination of accounts by minoritized students of their experiences and views, a frame of analysis based on Critical Race Theory, and the personal affinity and empathy with her students of the author, yield valuable insights into racism in higher education institutions, and indicate how it can be tackled.
Equalities and Inequalities in the English Education System
The aim of this book is to develop a more coherent account of how social categories such as gender, race, dis-ability, intelligence, sexuality and class function in education. This task has the potential to transform our understandings of these matters and hence our educational practices.
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The aim of this book is to develop a more coherent account of how social categories such as gender, race, dis-ability, intelligence, sexuality and class function in education. This task has the potential to transform our understandings of these matters and hence our educational practices.
Black British Graduates
Untold stories
Ten British graduates of African Caribbean heritage review their compulsory and post-compulsory education and their careers. They relate how they navigated the obstructions and microaggressions encountered while pursuing academic qualifications and discuss their choices of employment. A key text for education studies and teacher training courses.
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Untold stories
Ten British graduates of African Caribbean heritage review their compulsory and post-compulsory education and their careers. They relate how they navigated the obstructions and microaggressions encountered while pursuing academic qualifications and discuss their choices of employment. A key text for education studies and teacher training courses.Inside the Ivory Tower
Narratives of women of colour surviving and thriving in British academia
The perspectives, experiences and career trajectories of women of colour in British academia reveal a space dominated by whiteness and patriarchy. Facing daily experiences that range from subtle microagressions to overt racialized and gendered abuse, the contributors describe how they are compelled to develop strategies for survival and success.
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Narratives of women of colour surviving and thriving in British academia
The perspectives, experiences and career trajectories of women of colour in British academia reveal a space dominated by whiteness and patriarchy. Facing daily experiences that range from subtle microagressions to overt racialized and gendered abuse, the contributors describe how they are compelled to develop strategies for survival and success.The problem of education and development in sub-Saharan Africa
African governments and donor partners have long regarded investment in education as being central to economic growth in the region – but this investment is yet to achieve rapid economic improvement. Why is that? And what should be done to better realize that goal? In this lecture Professor Oketch addresses the compelling narrative of human capital theory – the doctrine, underpinning public policy world-wide, that investment in education is instrumental for economic growth – and what we can learn from its application in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on evidence from across several different aspects of education policy, he argues that however commanding the theory is, it remains tacit if the actual implementation of policies isn’t effective.
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African governments and donor partners have long regarded investment in education as being central to economic growth in the region – but this investment is yet to achieve rapid economic improvement. Why is that? And what should be done to better realize that goal? In this lecture Professor Oketch addresses the compelling narrative of human capital theory – the doctrine, underpinning public policy world-wide, that investment in education is instrumental for economic growth – and what we can learn from its application in sub-Saharan Africa. Drawing on evidence from across several different aspects of education policy, he argues that however commanding the theory is, it remains tacit if the actual implementation of policies isn’t effective.
