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Record Nr.

UNINA9910874777803321

Autore

Mifsud Denise

Titolo

Schooling for Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion : Problematizing Theory, Policy and Practice

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leeds : , : Emerald Publishing Limited, , 2024

©2024

ISBN

9781835497586

9781835497616

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (139 pages)

Collana

Emerald Points Series

Disciplina

370.1

Soggetti

Social justice and education

Educational leadership

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Half Title Page -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- 1: Social Justice and Equity in Education and Schooling --   Introduction --   Social Justice in Education and Compulsory Schooling: A Case of Forbidden Fruit? --   The Subordination of Education to Economic Imperatives --   Social Justice in Practice: Enactments in Classrooms and Schools --   Equity and Inclusion as Counterparts of Social Justice --   ‘No Poverty’ and ‘Quality Education’: The SDGs and Their Contribution to More Socially Just, Equitable, and Inclusive Schooling --   Contributions to Theory, Policy, and Practice --   Overview of the Book --   References --   Further Reading -- 2: Schooling and Educational Leadership as the Main Protagonists in the Social Justice Script? Unveiling the Social Justice Discourses from an Actor-Network Theory Lens* --   Introduction --   Exploring Social Justice Discourses in Education from an ANT-ish Perspective: An Overview of ANT Sensibilities --   Social Justice and Schooling: Is Social Justice the ‘Driving Actor’ of Education and Schooling Theory, Policy, and Practice? --   Actor-Networks of the State Translating Schooling in the Name of the Global Policy Climate? --   Achieving Equity and a Socially Just Education System: A Performance-Driven Policy Script Acting Through Student Diversity, School Success, and School Effectiveness Discourses? --   School Leadership: An



‘Intermediary’ of Social Justice and/or a ‘Mediator’ for Neoliberal Rationalities? --     Is the Western Notion of the Leadership for Social Justice Concept Universally Applicable? Reversing the ‘Obligatory Point of Passage’ and ‘Un-translating’ the Social Justice Actor-Network Emanating from the Anglophone Nations? --   Conclusions --   Note --   References --   Further Reading -- 3: Problematizing Equity in Educational Policy: An Application of Bacchi’s Post-structural Analytical Approach

Sommario/riassunto

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.   Presenting theoretical pieces and case studies from Malta and Australia alongside applied social theory, Denise Mifsud unravels the conceptual confusion around the terms social justice, equity, and inclusion in relation to schooling.