Education and social justice

The book explores the problematic relationship between education, social justice and the State, against the background of comparative education research. Social justice is an attempt to answer the following question: How can we contribute to the creation of a more equitable, respectful, and just soc...

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Other Authors: Zajda, Joseph I., Majhanovich, Suzanne., Rust, Val Dean., SpringerLink (Online Service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer, ©2006.
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 217 pages) : illustrations.
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Table of Contents:
  • Education and Social Justice: Issues of Liberty and Equality in the Global Culture
  • Education for All and the New Development Compact
  • If Only My Eyes Were Different: The Loss of Identity and the Underutilization of Black Children's Educational Potential
  • Rethinking Assimilation and Social Justice
  • Freedom's Children: a Gender Perspective on the Education of the Learner Citizen
  • Cultural Diversity as Resistance to Neoliberal Globalization: The Emergence of a Global Movement and Convention
  • L'apprentissage Précoce des Langues: des Pratiques Sociologiquement et Politiquement Marquees
  • Educational Decentralization, Public Spending, and Social Justice in Nigeria
  • Social Justice and Gender in Chinese Higher Education: Regional Issues of Equity and Access
  • The University for Older Adults: on Cuba's Universalization of the University
  • Quality and Equity in Early Childhood Care in Peru
  • Cultural Complexity, Postcolonial Perspectives, and Educational Change: Challenges for Comparative Educators.