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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463697203321

Titolo

Contemporary issues of equity in education / / edited by Susanne Gannon and Wayne Sawyer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : , : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-4438-6839-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (270 p.)

Disciplina

370.1934

Soggetti

Educational equalization - Australia

Social justice - Australia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; INTER-CHAPTER; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTERTHIRTEEN  ; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; GLOSSARY; CONTRIBUTORS

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary Issues of Equity in Education argues that equity and social justice must be brought back to the centre of discussions about education. It traces international, system-wide and local effects of policies that increase marketization and competition between students, schools and systems, whilst erasing wider considerations of the socio-cultural contexts that shape educational experiences and outcomes. Leading researchers interrogate the design of educational systems for social justice, fairness and inclusion at multiple levels from classrooms and schools through to universities and in