Justice, Ideology, and Education

Justice, Ideology, and Education
Author: Edward Stevens
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9780072546361

Each chapter of this comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the social foundations of American education is followed by a companion chapter of readings designed to spark classroom discussion. The readings bring alive the social foundations topics and enhance understanding of the issues. Chapters that address human diversity, forming a national character, schooling and politics, educational reform, and the teaching profession are each immediately followed by a carefully-chosen set of journal articles and other key readings. Plentiful Discussion Questions after the readings link the readings to each topic chapter.

Justice, Ideology, and Education

Justice, Ideology, and Education
Author: Edward Stevens
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1995
Genre: Education
ISBN:

This text relates selected American educational issues to the broader themes of individual and social justice. Thus issues such as equal opportunity, student classification, curriculum and democracy in schooling are all seen in the light of a broader concern with justice.

Education and Social Justice

Education and Social Justice
Author: J. Zajda
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2006-09-09
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1402047223

This book explores the problematic relationship between education, social justice and the State, against the background of comparative education research. The book critiques the status quo of stratified school systems, and the unequal distribution of cultural capital and value added schooling. The authors address one of today’s most pressing questions: Are social, economic and cultural divisions between the nations, between school sectors, between schools and between students growing or declining?

Handbook of Social Justice in Education

Handbook of Social Justice in Education
Author: William Ayers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 793
Release: 2009-06-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113559614X

The Handbook of Social Justice in Education, a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the field, addresses, from multiple perspectives, education theory, research, and practice in historical and ideological context, with an emphasis on social movements for justice. Each of the nine sections explores a primary theme of social justice and education: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives International Perspectives on Social Justice in Education Race and Ethnicity, Language and Identity: Seeking Social Justice in Education Gender, Sexuality and Social Justice in Education Bodies, Disability and the Fight for Social Justice in Education Youth and Social Justice in Education Globalization: Local and World Issues in Education The Politics of Social Justice Meets Practice: Teacher Education and School Change Classrooms, Pedagogy, and Practicing Justice. Timely and essential, this is a must-have volume for researchers, professionals, and students across the fields of educational foundations, multicultural/diversity education, educational policy, and curriculum and instruction.

Action For Social Justice In Education

Action For Social Justice In Education
Author: Griffiths, Morwenna
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2003-09-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0335199011

This text puts forward a view of social justice as action orientated rather than a static theory. It discusses issues of class, race, gender, sexuality and disability, offering individual accounts of the pleasures and pains, pitfalls and glittering prizes to be found in education.

Politics, Ideology, and Education

Politics, Ideology, and Education
Author: Elizabeth H. Debray
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2006-03-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9780807746677

In this fascinating account, the author examines the politics of federal education policy through the lens of the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Using the epic battle that spanned two Congresses and two presidential administrations, this book illustrates the new dynamics of political interactions and policy formulation as they affect public education issues. Highlighting the polarization between the two parties and how it affected the outcome of the bill, this book: explains why President Bush succeeded in passing an expansive education bill, No Child Left Behind, and President Clinton failed to do so; describes the changing institutional relationships and shows why practitioner groups were largely left out of the process; reveals how leaders in the House and Senate were able to compromise on provisions like testing, choice, and accountability; and reframes the analysis of the changed political and institutional environment in which education policy decisions will be made in the new century.

A Political Education

A Political Education
Author: Elizabeth Todd-Breland
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 343
Release: 2018-10-03
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1469646595

In 2012, Chicago's school year began with the city's first teachers' strike in a quarter century and ended with the largest mass closure of public schools in U.S. history. On one side, a union leader and veteran black woman educator drew upon organizing strategies from black and Latinx communities to demand increased school resources. On the other side, the mayor, backed by the Obama administration, argued that only corporate-style education reform could set the struggling school system aright. The stark differences in positions resonated nationally, challenging the long-standing alliance between teachers' unions and the Democratic Party. Elizabeth Todd-Breland recovers the hidden history underlying this battle. She tells the story of black education reformers' community-based strategies to improve education beginning during the 1960s, as support for desegregation transformed into community control, experimental schooling models that pre-dated charter schools, and black teachers' challenges to a newly assertive teachers' union. This book reveals how these strategies collided with the burgeoning neoliberal educational apparatus during the late twentieth century, laying bare ruptures and enduring tensions between the politics of black achievement, urban inequality, and U.S. democracy.

Disability in Higher Education

Disability in Higher Education
Author: Nancy J. Evans
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2017-03-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1118018222

Create campuses inclusive and supportive of disabled students, staff, and faculty Disability in Higher Education: A Social Justice Approach examines how disability is conceptualized in higher education and ways in which students, faculty, and staff with disabilities are viewed and served on college campuses. Drawing on multiple theoretical frameworks, research, and experience creating inclusive campuses, this text offers a new framework for understanding disability using a social justice lens. Many institutions focus solely on legal access and accommodation, enabling a system of exclusion and oppression. However, using principles of universal design, social justice, and other inclusive practices, campus environments can be transformed into more inclusive and equitable settings for all constituents. The authors consider the experiences of students, faculty, and staff with disabilities and offer strategies for addressing ableism within a variety of settings, including classrooms, residence halls, admissions and orientation, student organizations, career development, and counseling. They also expand traditional student affairs understandings of disability issues by including chapters on technology, law, theory, and disability services. Using social justice principles, the discussion spans the entire college experience of individuals with disabilities, and avoids any single-issue focus such as physical accessibility or classroom accommodations. The book will help readers: Consider issues in addition to access and accommodation Use principles of universal design to benefit students and employees in academic, cocurricular, and employment settings Understand how disability interacts with multiple aspects of identity and experience. Despite their best intentions, college personnel frequently approach disability from the singular perspective of access to the exclusion of other important issues. This book provides strategies for addressing ableism in the assumptions, policies and practices, organizational structures, attitudes, and physical structures of higher education.