Knowledge, policy and practice in education and the struggle for social justice : essays inspired by the work of Geoff Whitty /

Knowledge, policy and practice in education and the struggle for social justice : essays inspired by the work of Geoff Whitty /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Brown, Andrew (Editor), Wisby, Emma (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : UCL Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Whitty, Geoff.
Education and state > Great Britain.
Educational sociology.
EDUCATION > Educational Policy & Reform > General.
Education and state.
Great Britain.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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 Colleague
  • Some 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 Use
  • 11. 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