1st Edition

Schooling and Equality Fact, Concept and Policy

Edited By Dave Hill, Mike Cole Copyright 2001
    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    288 Pages
    by Routledge

    This text covers the range of equality issues in school level education from the perspective and needs of educators, trainee teachers and students of education. It uses a blend of issues, concepts, facts and research to open up key issues and consider policy developments in the field.

    Contributors v

    Acknowledgements ix

    Introduction 1

    Dave Hill

    Part I: Policy

    Equality, ideology and education policy

    Dave Hill 7

    2. Global capital, neo-liberalism, and privatization: the growth of educational inequality

    Dave Hill 35

    3. Policy, equality and educational research

    Kenneth Dunkwu 55

    4. Excluded voices: educational exclusion and inclusion

    Leena Helavaara Robertson & Rachel Hill 73

    5. The National Curriculum, the hidden curriculum and equality

    Dave Hill 95

    6. Promoting equality and equal opportunities: school policies

    Chris Gaine 117

    Part II: Facts and Concepts

    7. Social Class

    Dave Hill and Mike Cole 137

    8. ‘Race’

    Tim Walker, Mike Cole and Dave Hill 161

    9. Gender

    Kate Hirom 187

    10. Sexuality

    Iain Williamson 209

    11. Special educational needs

    Richard Rose 231

    Policy, equality and inequality: from the past to the future

    Kevin Myers and Ian Grosvenor 249

    Conclusion

    Mike Cole 265

    Index 271

    Biography

    Dave Hill, Mike Cole