Where is class in the analysis of working-class education?

John Smyth, Robin Simmons

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Abstract

This chapter provides the backdrop and sets the tone for the book. It begins by scoping out some of the challenges and injustices facing working-class youth, and by highlighting some of the mismatches between the structures and processes of education and the lives of many working-class young people. It then goes on to develop an alternative agenda which, it is argued, is necessary to engage working-class youth in relevant and meaningful ways, and to challenge the dominant structures of schooling and education which systematically disadvantage so many young people. The chapter finishes by proving a brief overview of the chapters which follow, and by highlighting some of the key themes explored in the rest of the book.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEducation and working-class youth
Subtitle of host publicationReshaping the politics of inclusion
EditorsRobin Simmons, John Smyth
Place of PublicationSwitzerland
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
Pages1-28
Number of pages28
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-90671-3
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-90670-6, 978-3-030-08070-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Social justice
  • Social mobility
  • Social inequality
  • Educational mobility
  • Widening participation
  • Working class in education
  • Educational inequality
  • Furnace of education
  • Inclusion

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