Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
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EDUCATION STUDIES: KEY ISSUES SERIES
In the last 20 years or so education studies has developed rapidly as a subject in its own right. Beginning initially at undergraduate level, this expansion is now also taking place at Master's level and is characterised by an increasingly analytical approach to the study of education. Several discrete study areas requiring in-depth texts to support student learning have emerged.
Introduction to Education Studies (4th edition) is the core text in this series and gives students an important grounding in the study of education. It provides an overview of the subject and introduces the reader to fundamental theories and debates in the field. The series `Key Issues in Education Studies' has evolved from this core text and, using the same critical approach, each volume outlines a significant area of study within the education studies field. Each of the books has been written by experts in their area and provides the detail and depth required by students as they progress further in the subject.
Taken as a whole, this series provides a comprehensive set of texts for the student of education. While of particular value to students of education studies, the series will also be instructive for those studying related areas such as childhood studies and special needs, as well as being of interest to students on initial teacher training courses and practitioners working in education.
We hope that this series provides you, the reader, with plentiful opportunities to explore further this exciting and significant area of study and we wish you well in your endeavours.
Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton, Series Editors
Steve Bartlett and Diana Burton: Introduction to Education Studies, 4th edition (2016)
Diana Burton and Steve Bartlett: Key Issues for Education Researchers (2009)
Alan Hodkinson: Key Issues in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion, 2nd edition (2016)
Emma Smith: Key Issues in Education and Social Justice, 2nd edition (2018)
Stephen Ward and Christine Eden: Key Issues in Education Policy (2009)
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Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
2nd Edition
Emma Smith
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Education is the hallmark of a civilised society, the engine of social justice and economic growth, the foundation of our culture and the best investment we can make in the future of our country. The better educated our society, the fairer, more cohesive, productive and innovative it can be. This is vital to Britain's position in the 21st century. Our education system must compete with those around the world ? because while we improve, so do they.
An excellent education unlocks opportunity, helping children from all backgrounds to shape their own destiny. Wherever they live and whatever their background, ability or needs, every child and young person in this country deserves a world class education that allows them to reach their full potential and prepares them to succeed in adult life in modern Britain.
Educational Excellence Everywhere, Department for Education (2016a)
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CONTENTS
About the Author
viii
New to this Second Edition
ix
Preface
x
1 An Introduction to Education and Social Justice
1
2 Social Justice and Social Inequality
23
3 Childhood Inequalities and Social Justice
44
4 International Perspectives on Education and Social Justice
63
5 Falling Standards and Failing Students? Inequalities in
Student Outcomes
87
6 Good Schools for All: Schooling and Social Justice
106
7 Social Justice and Education in America
125
8 How do Young People Experience Social Justice?
146
9 Higher Education and Social Justice
164
10 Social Justice and the Learning Society
185
11 Concluding Comments
204
References
211
Index
242
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Professor Emma Smith is the Director of the Centre for Education Studies at the University of Warwick. Her teaching and research is mainly in the area of educational inequality and she is interested in the role that education policy can play in improving social justice and in making lives fairer. She has also recently worked with Sage in co-editing two handbooks: The BERA/ SAGE Handbook of Educational Research and The SAGE Handbook of Comparative Studies in Education.
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