Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice
Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

Author: Susan Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-29

Total Pages: 158

ISBN-13: 1317849833

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The connections and interactions of lifelong learning and social justice are complex and contested. Both are seen as a means to unconditional good, with little account taken of the inequalities and equalities located in constructions of power. This book develops critical ways to engage with international debates about lifelong learning and social justice through a range of competing and contested definitions, setting out some of the complexities and challenges of linking the two concepts. In particular, it engages in debates about the equalities and inequalities of learner identities, displacement and place. Its chapters consider those marginalised in complex and multiple ways, including gender, social class, ethnicity, age and migration. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Lifelong Education.

Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice
Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

Author: Susan Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2024-10-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032930237

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This book develops critical ways to engage with international debates about lifelong learning and social justice through a range of competing and contested definitions, setting out some of the complexities and challenges of linking the two concepts. It was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of

Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice
Challenges and Inequalities in Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

Author: Susan Jackson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2014-10-29

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 1317849825

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The connections and interactions of lifelong learning and social justice are complex and contested. Both are seen as a means to unconditional good, with little account taken of the inequalities and equalities located in constructions of power. This book develops critical ways to engage with international debates about lifelong learning and social justice through a range of competing and contested definitions, setting out some of the complexities and challenges of linking the two concepts. In particular, it engages in debates about the equalities and inequalities of learner identities, displacement and place. Its chapters consider those marginalised in complex and multiple ways, including gender, social class, ethnicity, age and migration. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Lifelong Education.

Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

Author: Emma Smith

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 1526451905

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‘This highly accessible book weaves together discussion of recent research findings, policy developments and theoretical perspectives. It provides a thought-provoking and at times contentious introduction that will challenge students and teachers to look beyond the easy and glib rhetoric, helping them understand the complexities of educating for a more equal world.′ Shereen Benjamin, Senior Lecturer in Primary Education, University of Edinburgh This book is an introduction to issues of inequality and social justice, how they relate to education systems and how education can be a force for positive societal change. Drawing upon research, policy and contemporary thinking in the field, this second edition examines educational inequalities that exist today, what lies behind them and what effects they have across society. New to this edition: Wider coverage on social inequalities in relation to income and wealth New chapters on: childhood inequalities, international issues in education and social justice, and education inequalities in the USA A broader focus on how young people experience social justice that includes the experiences of young offenders. This is essential reading for students on undergraduate education studies courses, and related degree programmes that explore the relationship between education and society.

Future Directions of Educational Change
Future Directions of Educational Change

Author: Helen Malone

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-08-09

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1351980610

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Future Directions of Educational Change brings together timely discussions on social justice, professional capital, and systems change from some of the leading scholars in the field of education. Engaging in theory and evidence-based debates covering issues such as literacy education, whole system reform, and teacher leadership, this volume argues that quality and equity are equally important in reshaping existing education systems both within the United States and globally. The authors offer contextual analyses of current educational research and practice while looking toward the future and offering thought-provoking arguments for challenging and rectifying the systemic inequalities within education today.

Learning, Work and Social Responsibility
Learning, Work and Social Responsibility

Author: Karen Evans

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 140209759X

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The concept of individual responsibility has taken on a signi?cance comparable to that of ‘choice’ in the global rise of neo-liberalism of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The rise of neo-liberalism is most often analysed through the lenses of theory, governmentality and societal structures. There has been a tendency for an- ysis to become overly abstract with the subjective experiences of the social actors missing dimensions in the literature. This book draws on more than 20 years of international research that has focused on the subjective experiences of people as actors in changing social landscapes. These landscapes are differently positioned politically, economically and socially, in relation to the rise of neo-liberalism. Comparisons enable the differences in people’s experiences to be located, explored and explained in relation to different soc- economic landscapes, thus throwing into relief the effects of neo-liberal policies where they are found. My approach is to create an extended dialogue between ideas and evidence, starting close to home, and then extending to speci?c international comparisons and to wider explorations of the central themes of the book: human agency and social responsibility. Finally, I return to social landscapes of Britain, to review the position and potential for social change in societies that exemplify what Sennett has termed ‘Anglo-American regimes’, in contrast to ‘Rhine regimes’ as exempli?ed by Germany.

Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity
Lifelong Learning, Participation and Equity

Author: Judith Chapman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-23

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 1402053223

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In many countries, schools, universities and other traditional learning institutions are not providing for the educational needs of all members of the community. Many communities, particularly in regional, rural and disadvantaged areas, can offer only limited educational options. This book addresses the challenge of identifying effective ways of accommodating the learning needs of all people and in so doing achieving the goals of lifelong learning for all.

Key Issues in Education and Social Justice
Key Issues in Education and Social Justice

Author: Emma Smith

Publisher: SAGE

Published: 2012-03-05

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1849208115

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This book focuses on educational experience as a lifelong and society-wide issue. The author draws on research, policy, and contemporary thinking in the field to provide a comprehensive guide to the educational inequalities that may exist and persist throughout an individual's educational course. Providing an international perspective on different ethnic, gender, and social groups, the book covers a broad range of issues, including:theoretical, policy, and research developments; inequalities that may exist during the years of schooling; government policy; and beyond the school classroom.

Lifelong Learning and Social Justice
Lifelong Learning and Social Justice

Author: Sue Barbara Jackson

Publisher: Niace

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781862014541

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Lifelong learning is at the forefront of the educational arena, both nationally and internationally, although what it means is highly contestable. In recent times, lifelong learning has increasingly come to mean vocational education and training within a globalized knowledge economy. This important book, presenting international dimensions, argues that there needs to be a sharp re-focus to an alignment of lifelong learning with social justice. Timely in its calls to turn the debate to social issues, this volume offers a valuable perspective encompassing sustainability and community; learning and work; and identities. With both a policy and practitioner focus, and an international aspect to each section, readers will find the book invaluable in broadening their understanding of the field, offering alternative ways of developing and enhancing learning opportunities through a greater understanding of the intersections between lifelong learning and social justice.

Lifelong Learning, Young Adults and the Challenges of Disadvantage in Europe
Lifelong Learning, Young Adults and the Challenges of Disadvantage in Europe

Author: John Holford

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-03-23

Total Pages: 486

ISBN-13: 3031141091

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This open access book challenges international policy ‘groupthink’ about lifelong learning. Adult learning – too long a servant of business competitiveness – should be reimagined as central to democratic society. Young adults, especially from disadvantaged backgrounds, engage more in education and training, and learn more day-to-day at work, if provision is democratically organised and based on enduring and inclusive institutional networks, and when jobs encourage and reward the acquisition of skills. Using innovative qualitative and quantitative methods, the contributors develop a critical perspective on dominant policies, investigating – across the European Union and Australia – how ‘vulnerable’ young adults experience programmes designed to improve their ‘employability’, and how ‘skills for jobs’ policies squeeze out wider – and wiser – ideas of what education and training should do. Chapters show why some provision works for those with poor educational backgrounds, why labour market and educational institutions matter so much, how adult education can empower and expand people’s agency, and the challenges of using artificial intelligence in lifelong learning policy-making. Several investigate the pivotal role of workplace learning in organisational life, and in learning during ‘emerging adulthood’. Important comparative studies of workplace learning in the metals, retail and adult education sectors show the role of management, trade unions and social movements in young adults’ learning.