Educational research for social justice : evidence and practice from the UK / / Alistair Ross, editor

• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2021]; ©2021
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (339 pages)
• Disciplina: 370.78096
• Soggetto topico: Educational sociology; Education; Education and state; Investigació educativa; Justícia social
• Soggetto geografico: Gran Bretanya
• Soggetto genere / forma: Llibres electrònics
• Persona (resp. second.): RossAlistair <1946->
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of Tables -- The Education System in England and Scotland -- Chapter 1: What do educational science and the public good mean in the context of educational research for social justice? -- Our purposes -- Towards a social justice axiology of education research -- What do we mean by social justice and equity? -- Educational science in the context of social justice and equity -- Determining the 'public good' in the context of social justice and equity -- The Institute for Policy Studies in Education -- This volume: structure and format -- References -- Chapter 2: Snake oil or hard struggle? Research to address the reality of social injustice in education -- Introduction -- The commercialisation of educational research -- The growth of teacher research -- The attraction of 'evidence-based teaching' -- The appeal of 'Closing the Gap' -- Research policy and practice - a virtuous or a vicious circle? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: Accountability, social justice and educational research -- Introduction -- Accountability in England -- The impacts of accountability structures -- Socioeconomic segregation in schools -- Negative impacts on teachers -- Gaming the system -- The curriculum -- Pedagogy -- Children's emotional health and well-being -- Impact of failure -- Rationale behind accountability policies -- Information for parents -- Raising standards and achieving value for money -- International competition and raising standards -- The needs of the economy and raising standards -- Controlling what is taught in schools -- Politicians, educational science and education research -- Distrust of teachers and education researchers -- Limited use of education research in policy making -- Problematic use of research in policy making -- Discussion -- References. ; Chapter 4: Who gets to be creative in class? Creativity as a matter of social justice in secondary English lessons -- Introduction -- Research design -- Research context -- Policy context -- Policy about creativity -- Policies limiting creativity -- An epistemology of creativity -- Creativity and social justice -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 5: Between home and school: Mobilising 'hard to reach' White British parents to engage with their children's education -- Introduction -- The parenting policyscape -- Parents, schools and education -- The Raising Achievement for White British Pupils project -- Constructing 'hard to reach' parents -- Engaging 'hard to reach' parents -- Changing 'hard to reach' parents -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6: Ability to learn, or ability to pay? How family and finance influence young people's higher education decisions in Scotland -- Introduction -- The Scottish context -- Hidden inequalities in Scottish higher education funding -- Horizons for action and higher education decision-making -- Methodology -- The case study schools, families and students' higher education destinations -- Shrinking horizons for action -- Anywhere but home -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 7: Inequality, social mobility and the 'glass floor': How more affluent parents secure educational advantage for their children -- Introduction -- English education and inequality -- Economic inequality -- Social class and inequality -- Social mobility and meritocracy -- How middle-class parents ensure their children succeed -- Born into the right family -- Go to the right school -- Success at school -- Other educational activities -- Go to the right university -- Get the right job -- Summary: how the middle classes secure advantage -- Discussion: inequality, social mobility, policy and research. ; Current policies to narrow the gap and promote social mobility -- Other education policies that impact in this area -- Policies outside education -- The role of research -- The public good -- References -- Chapter 8: In pursuit of worldly justice in Early Childhood Education: bringing critique and creation into productive partnership for the public good -- Introduction -- The policy context -- Critical discourse analysis of policy -- Hearing the stories of the subaltern -- Professionalism in ECE: critique -- The pursuit of professionalism continues ... -- Bringing critique and creation together -- Telling other stories about professionalism in ECE -- Strategising for 'quality': Violet's Story -- Towards the pursuit of worldly justice in ECE -- References -- Chapter 9: The masculinisation of the teaching profession or gynophobia as education policy -- Introduction -- Discourses of teaching and feminisation -- Discourses of teaching as 'feminised' -- Discourses of teaching as 'feminine' -- Discourses of teaching as 'female-friendly' -- Feminisation as a 'public policy problem' -- Masculinisation as a solution or gynophobia as education policy -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 10: Gender and the politics of knowledge in the academy -- 2009: Gender and the changing face of higher education: a focus on knowledge -- Gender and the dynamics of research audit -- Gender and precarity in academia - consequences for knowledge production -- Gender and precarity in academia - consequences for the curriculum -- Gender, knowledge, and challenges from right-wing populism/authoritarianism -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11: Curriculum Diversity and Social Justice Education: From New Labour to Conservative Government Control of Education in England -- Introduction -- New Labour and curriculum diversity and Maylor et al.'s findings. ; New Labour's policy changes following Ajegbo et al.'s report -- Curriculum diversity -- Social justice: Challenging educational inequality -- Coalition and Conservative education policy and National Curriculum, 2010-2019 -- Conclusions: Education for the 'public good' -- References -- Chapter 12: The Construction of Political Identities: Young Europeans' Deliberation on 'the Public Good' -- Introduction -- Issues in researching young people's views and identities -- Origins of the study -- Problems of categorisation -- Problems of 'testing knowledge' -- Respect and equity in researching young people -- The concept of public opinion -- Towards a methodology -- The processes of discussion -- Identification with a country -- The extension of human rights -- Othering countries that do not have a European construction of human rights -- The shift in discussion of 'being European' from instrumentalism to an agency for human rights -- Some conclusions about the process -- References -- Chapter 13: Can educational programmes address social inequity? Some examples from Europe -- Introduction -- The research strategy -- Our research questions -- Intersectionality and inequalities -- Changes in four areas of inequality -- Inequalities in socioeconomic status -- Inequalities in ethnicity -- Inequalities in education for migrants and those of migrant background -- Inequalities in education and gender -- Explanations of inequality and policies of evasion in different areas of inequality -- Changes in policy discourses about inequalities in education in three states -- Policy responses to inequality in Greece -- Changes in inequality in Sweden -- Policy responses to inequality in England -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14: The problem of the public good and the implications for researching educational policies for social justice -- Introduction. ; Who is the public? -- What is the public good? -- The public good in education -- Who determines the public good? -- Research and making policy for the public good -- What are the consequences of this for research, policy and the interface between the two? -- References -- Index.
• Titolo autorizzato: Educational research for social justice
• ISBN: 3-030-62572-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910488706403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Education Science, Evidence, and the Public Good