eprintid: 10135049 rev_number: 15 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/13/50/49 datestamp: 2021-09-28 13:11:43 lastmod: 2023-03-14 11:45:57 status_changed: 2021-09-28 13:11:43 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Mills, M creators_name: Riddle, S creators_name: McGregor, G creators_name: Howell, A title: Towards an understanding of curricular justice and democratic schooling ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B16 divisions: B14 divisions: J78 keywords: Social justice, democratic education, curriculum, curricular justice, schooling note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. abstract: Curricular justice, achieved through a counter-hegemonic curriculum that serves the needs of the least rather than most advantaged members of society, plays a central role in providing more equitable access to meaningful education for all young people. We contend that the defining features of the contemporary schooling context in many parts of the globe, including Australia, are growing inequality and increasing disparity between students who have access to educational opportunities and outcomes, and those who do not. We take Connell’s claims—made in Schools and Social Justice, published in 1993—of the centrality of social justice in schooling and consider its relevance nearly 30 years later. In particular, we argue that curricular justice must sit at the heart of schooling that fosters democratic participation and meaningful opportunities for civic participation and belonging within society. date: 2022 date_type: published official_url: https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2021.1977262 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1888445 doi: 10.1080/00220620.2021.1977262 lyricists_name: Mills, Martin lyricists_id: MMILL64 actors_name: Mills, Martin actors_id: MMILL64 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Journal of Educational Administration and History volume: 54 number: 3 pagerange: 345-356 citation: Mills, M; Riddle, S; McGregor, G; Howell, A; (2022) Towards an understanding of curricular justice and democratic schooling. Journal of Educational Administration and History , 54 (3) pp. 345-356. 10.1080/00220620.2021.1977262 <https://doi.org/10.1080/00220620.2021.1977262>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10135049/1/JEAH%20paper%20Mills%20et%20al.pdf