Brown, A and Wisby, E (Eds).
(2020)
Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Education and the Struggle for Social Justice - Essays Inspired by the Work of Geoff Whitty.
[Book].
UCL PRESS: London.
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Abstract
For 50 years, educator and sociologist Geoff Whitty resolutely pursued social justice through education, first as a classroom teacher and ultimately as the Director of the Institute of Education in London. The essays in this volume - written by some of the most influential authors in the sociology of education and critical policy studies - take Whitty’s work as the starting point from which to examine key contemporary issues in education and the challenges to social justice that they present. Set within three themes of knowledge, policy and practice in education, the chapters tackle the issues of defining and accessing ‘legitimate’ knowledge, the changing nature of education policy under neoliberalism and globalization, and the reshaping of teacher workplaces and professionalism – as well as attempts to realize more emancipatory practice. Whitty’s scholarship on what constitutes quality and impact in educational research is also explored. Together, the essays open a window on a life in the sociology of education, the scholarly community of which it was part, and the facets of education policy, practice and research that they continue to reveal and challenge in pursuit of social justice. They celebrate Whitty as one of the foremost sociologists of education of his generation, but also as a friend and colleague. And they highlight the continued relevance of his contribution to those seeking to promote fairer and more inclusive education systems.
| Type: | Book |
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| Title: | Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Education and the Struggle for Social Justice - Essays Inspired by the Work of Geoff Whitty |
| ISBN: | 978-1-78277-305-4 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.14324/111.9781782772774 |
| Publisher version: | https://10.14324/111.9781782772774 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Collection © Editors, 2020,Text © Contributors, 2020 Images © Contributors, 2020.This book is published under a Creative Commons 4.0 International licence (CC BY 4.0).This licence allows you to share, copy, distribute and transmit the work; to adapt the work and to make commercial use of the work providing attribution is made to the authors (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Attribution should include the following information: Brown, A., and Wisby, E. (eds). 2020. Knowledge, Policy and Practice in Education and the Struggle for Social Justice: Essays Inspired by the Work of Geoff Whitty. London: UCL Press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781782772774 Further details about Creative Commons licences are available at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ Any third-party material in this book is published under the book’s Creative Commons licence unless indicated otherwise in the credit line to the material. If you would like to reuse any third-party material not covered by the book’s Creative Commons licence, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. |
| Keywords: | education,education policy, social justice, equalities, Geoff Whitty |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094071 |
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