Education, equality and human rights : issues of gender, 'race', sexuality, disability and social class / edited by Mike Cole.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cole, Mike, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational equalization--Great Britain.

Educational equalization.

Critical pedagogy.

Great Britain.

Discrimination in education--Great Britain.

Discrimination in education.

Human rights.

Critical pedagogy--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxv, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

Education, Equality and Human Rights traces the history of diverse equality issues up to the present, and enables readers to assess their continuing relevance in the future. Written by experts in their particular field, each of the five equality issues of gender, 'race', sexual orientation, disability and social class are covered as areas in their own right as well as in relation to education. This third edition has been fully revised to reflect major changes in law and policy, and offers contemporary perspectives on worldwide equality issues.

Key issues explored include:

human rights and equality

gender and education

racisms and education

sexuality and identity

sexuality and homophobia in schools

the struggle for disability equality

inclusive education

social class and education

With a new foreword by leading educationist Peter McLaren, this comprehensive, accessible and thought-provoking book will be of interest to teachers, student teachers, education students and all those more generally interested in issues of equality and human rights. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Unfinished business: women still unequal after 40 years / Jane Kelly Kelly, Jane 9

2 Gender and education: continuity and difference / Jane Martin Martin, Jane 27

3 Racism in the UK: change and continuity / Mike Cole Cole, Mike 48

4 Racism and education: from Empire to ConDem / Mike Cole Cole, Mike 79

5 The making of sexualities: sexuality, identity and equality / Simon Forrest Forrest, Simon, Viv Ellis Ellis, Viv 101

6 Straight talking: challenges in teaching and learning about sexuality and homophobia in schools / Simon Forest Forest, Simon 128

7 The struggle for disability equality / Richard Rieser Rieser, Richard 159

8 Inclusive education: a human right / Richard Rieser Rieser, Richard 190

9 Social class, Marxism and twenty-first-century socialism / Mike Cole Cole, Mike 217

10 Social class and schooling: differentiation or democracy? / Richard Hatcher Hatcher, Richard 239.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415584173

0415584175

9780415584166

0415584167

9780203155523

0203155521

OCLC:

659750818