| Description |
xx, 237 pages ; 24 cm |
| Summary |
"The education of marginalised peoples and communities is a topic of great contemporary importance. Closing the Gap in Education? increases our understanding of the nature and challenges of marginalisation in southern world societies. The book also canvasses possible directions for change that might improve the social participation of young people ... Leading scholars and public figures from Australia, South Africa and New Zealand participated. The authors provide illuminating accounts of marginalisation which point to the inadequacy of many current educational policies. Several contributors question the usefulness of notions of closing gaps and bridging divides, suggesting alternate ways to frame the debates |
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In explaining the key terms - marginalisation, gaps, divides, peripheries - the contributors consider capabilities, social practices, neo-liberalism, human capital theory, raciology, redistribution, the education debt, the politics of hope, history as a cultural resource and other concepts. They do so as academics and activists committed to social justice in education. The achievement of social transformation is particularly emphasised. Closing the Gap in Education? makes a most important contribution to understanding education in marginalised communities. "--Publisher website |
| Notes |
Closing the Gap in Education? emanates from a conference organised by the Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements, in partnership with Monash South Africa, held in 2009 at Monash's Johannesburg campus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Educational change -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Educational change -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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Educational change -- South Africa -- Congresses.
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Education and state -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Education and state -- New Zealand -- Congresses.
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Education and state -- South Africa -- Congresses.
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Indigenous children -- Education -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Education -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Students with social disabilities -- Congresses.
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Marginality, Social -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses.
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Social justice -- Southern Hemisphere -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Snyder, Ilana, 1949-
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Nieuwenhuysen, J. P.
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Monash Institute for the Study of Global Movements.
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Closing the Gap in Education Conference (2009 : Johannesburg, South Africa)
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| ISBN |
9780980651225 paperback |
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9780980651232 online |
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