Introduction to Social Justice Education in the UK

Key Challenges and Opportunities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

This book introduces the key issues in social justice education in the UK. Written for and by educators working in diverse settings including informal education, primary classrooms and higher education, the editor and contributors draw on research from across different sectors. The book is organised into four sections covering: - Sociological Pressures in the Sector- Curriculum Challenges- The Impact of Race- Digital Issues for EducatorsThe chapters introduce a range of case studies, scenarios, theories, and issues that educators face in day-to-day teaching including, ableism, racism, critical race theory, antisemitism, access to nature, motherhood, male teachers in early childhood settings and navigating social media. Accessibly written for students, each chapter includes a set of discussion questions and prompts for personal reflection to encourage deeper engagement with the issues.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-11-13
Mått:154 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt:500 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:232
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350438101

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Sheine Peart is Reader in Access, Equality and Inclusion, and Programme Leader for the Education PhD and EdD at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. She is the author of Young and Homeless: Exploring the Education, Life Experiences and Aspirations of Homeless Youth (2017).

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Shiene Peart needs to be congratulated on bringing a timely and important handbook together on Social Justice. This edited collection of 15 chapters highlights the significance and complexities of the concept. Its publication comes at a significant time both politically and culturally. A key text for both undergraduate and postgraduate students within all four nations in the United Kingdom and beyond.

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List of Figures and TablesList of ContributorsForeword, Paul MillerAcknowledgements1. Socially Just Education in a Socially Unjust World: Challenges, Issues and Opportunities for the Teachers and Educators, Sheine Peart 2. Bringingmotherhood into the classroom: why parenting can build careers, Jane Chambers 3. Who Benefits from the Great Outdoors Accessing Nature Based Learning Opportunities in Prevailing Socio-Economic Inequalities? Rachael Fell-Chambers 4. Men Becoming Teaching Assistants in an Inclusive Primary School Workforce, Caroline Meredith5. Making Higher Education more care-ful: the complexities of being a student carer, Sacha Mason and Leanne Leverton 6. Capturing the Struggle of Mature Learners in HE, Sacha Mason 7. Ebeneezer Scrooge as a Jewish Character: Countering Antisemitism and Fostering Social Justice in the Teaching of A Christmas Carol, Edward Collyer 8. Drama and Mathematics Educators Working Together: Working at Social Justice with Teachers, Tony Cotton and Helen Toft 9. Meeting Our Responsibilities to All: Re-Cripping Classroom texts, Clare Lawrence and Clare Mahon 10. Rethinking Childhood Development: Critiquing Norm-Referenced Approaches in Early Years Education", Nyree Nicholson11. Lived Experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Students on White Majority Higher Education Campuses in the UK - Can You See Me? Sheine Peart and Hadiza Kere Abdulrahman12. Is This Going to Hurt? Engaging in Structural Cultural Change through Implementing Black History Month (BHM) as an Institutional Endeavour in a Small UK University, Sheine Peart and Rachael Fell-Chambers 13. Safe and Accessible Use of Social Media Is A Matter of Social Justice, Katya Buzokova 14. The Expansion of Digital Technology in the Post-Compulsory Sector and Factors which Influence Students' Engagement with Using Technologies - Are We Swimming or Sinking in Today’s Information Age? Theresa Marriott 15. Conclusion and Key Messages for Educators, Sheine PeartReferencesIndex