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Knowledge, policy and practice in education and the struggle for social justice, essays inspired by the work of Geoff Whitty, edited by Andrew Brown and Emma Wisby

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Knowledge, policy and practice in education and the struggle for social justice, essays inspired by the work of Geoff Whitty, edited by Andrew Brown and Emma Wisby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Knowledge, policy and practice in education and the struggle for social justice

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

283231

Responsibility statement

edited by Andrew Brown and Emma Wisby

Sub title

essays inspired by the work of Geoff Whitty

Summary

The essays in this volume - written by some of the most influential authors in the sociology of education and critical policy studies - take the work of educator and sociologist Geoff Whitty as the starting point from which to examine key contemporary issues in education and the challenges to social justice that they present

Table Of Contents

Cover -- Dedication -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Knowledge -- 1. Social Mobilizations and Official Knowledge -- 2. Sex, Sexuality and HIV: 'Education', in the Broadest Sense of the Word -- 3. Education for Inclusion or Exclusion: Representation of Ethnic Minorities in Chinese Mainstream History Textbooks -- 4. Social Theory, Biological Sciences and the Sociology of Knowledge in Education -- 5. Geoff Whitty: Student, Friend and ColleagueSome Personal Reflections -- Part II: Policy -- 6. The Neoliberalization of the State, the Processes of 'Fragmentation', and Research Implications of the New Political Terrain of English Schooling -- 7. The White Bones of Policy: Structure, Agency and a Vulture's-Eye View with Critical Race Theory -- 8. From Bastion of Class Privilege to Public Benefactor: The Remarkable Repositioning of Private Schools -- 9. Pursuing Racial Justice within Higher Education: Is Conflict Inevitable? -- 10. The Policy Sociology of Geoff Whitty: Current and Emergent Issues Regarding Education Research in Use11. Revolutions in Educational Policy: The Vexed Question of Evidence and Policy Development -- Part III: Practice -- 12. Why Isn't This Empowering? The Discursive Positioning of Teachers in Efforts to Improve Teaching -- 13. Can Teachers Still Be Teachers? The Near Impossibility of Humanity in the Transactional Workplace -- 14. Contestation, Contradiction and Collaboration in Equity and Widening Participation: In Conversation with Geoff Whitty -- 15. Quality, Impact and Knowledge Traditions in the Study of Education -- Geoff Whitty: A Biographical Note -- Index

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