The Socially Just School: Making Space for Youth to Speak Back by John Smyth (En

Description: The Socially Just School by John Smyth, Barry Down, Peter McInerney This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. Social justice is a key theme as the book examines the needs of youth, the concept of school culture, school/community relations, socially critical pedagogy, curriculum and leadership and a socially critical approach to work. The Socially Just School is based upon four decades of intensive writing and researching of young lives. This work presents an alternative to the damaging school reform in which schools are made to serve the interests of the economy, education systems, the military, corporate or national interests. Readers will discover the hallmarks of socially just schools: - They educationally engage young people regardless of class, race, family or neighbourhood location and they engage them around their own educational aspirations. - They regard all young people as being morally entitled to a rewarding and satisfying experience of school, not only those whose backgrounds happen to fit with the values of schools.- They treat young people as having strengths and being at promise rather than being at risk and with deficits or as bundles of pathologies to be remedied or fixed. - They are active listeners to the lives and cultures of their students and communities and they construct learning experiences that are embedded in young lives. This highly readable book will appeal to students and scholars in education and sociology, as well as to teachers and school administrators with an interest in social justice. Back Cover This book explores schools and how they can function as social institutions that advance the interests and life chances of all young people, especially those who are already the most marginalized and at an educational disadvantage. Social justice is a key theme as the book examines the needs of youth, the concept of school culture, school/community relations, socially critical pedagogy, curriculum and leadership, and a socially critical approach to work.The Socially Just School is based upon four decades of intensive writing and researching of young lives. This work presents an alternative to the damaging school reform in which schools are made to serve the interests of the economy, education systems, the military, corporate or national interests. Readers will discover the hallmarks of socially just schools: - They educationally engage young people regardless of class, race, family or neighbourhood location, and they engage them around their own educational aspirations. - They regard all young people as being morally entitled to a rewarding and satisfying experience of school, not only those whose backgrounds happen to fit with the values of schools. - They treat young people as having strengths and being at promise rather than being at risk and with deficits or as bundles of pathologies to be remedied or fixed. - They are active listeners to the lives and cultures of their students and communities, and they construct learning experiences that are embedded in young lives. This highly readable book will appeal to students and scholars in education and sociology, as well as to teachers and school administrators with an interest in social justice. Author Biography John Smyth is Research Professor of Education, School of Education, University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. Table of Contents Acknowledgements.- Chapter 1 Introduction, argument and organization.- Chapter 2 Socially critical youth voice.- Chapter 3 Socially critical culture of school reform.- Chapter 4 Socially critical school/community relations.- Chapter 5 Socially critical pedagogy of teaching.- Chapter 6 Socially critical curriculum.- Chapter 7 Socially critical leadership.- Chapter 8 Socially critical approach to work.- Chapter 9 Critically educated hope. Feature Provides a refreshing alternative to current damaging approaches to school reform Based upon four decades of intensive writing and researching young lives Reaches into schools that deal with the most marginalised young people Details ISBN9401790590 Author Peter McInerney Publisher Springer Year 2014 ISBN-10 9401790590 ISBN-13 9789401790598 Format Hardcover Imprint Springer Subtitle Making Space for Youth to Speak Back Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands DEWEY 370.115 Birth 1944 Short Title SOCIALLY JUST SCHOOL 2014/E Language English Media Book Series Number 29 Pages 195 Edition 2014th DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9060-4 Publication Date 2014-07-29 UK Release Date 2014-07-29 Illustrations 3 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 195 p. 3 illus. Edition Description 2014 ed. Series Explorations of Educational Purpose Alternative 9789402401431 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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