Education and Social Justice in a Digital Age Contributor(s): Sutherland, Rosamund (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447305256 ISBN-13: 9781447305255 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $132.95 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Comparative - Education | Educational Policy & Reform - School Safety - Education | Administration - General |
Dewey: 379 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.3" W x 9.3" (0.90 lbs) 176 pages |
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Publisher Description: In many countries the school curriculum oscillates between focusing on traditional subjects and focusing on skills that are linked to the needs of the 21st-century digital age. Rosamund Sutherland argues against such a skills-based curriculum, maintaining that, from a social justice perspective, the priority of schools should be to give young people access to the knowledge that they are not likely to learn outside school. She draws on the work of Michael Young, Lev Vygotsky, Amartya Sen and David Olson to develop new theoretical and practical insights that offer ways of changing policy and practice to improve equality and life chances for young people, while acknowledging the potential transformative role of digital technologies. This timely book will be invaluable to teachers, academics, students and policy makers interested in the ways in which the digital landscape transforms the nature of the debate about equity and social justice in education. |
Contributor Bio(s): Sutherland, Rosamund: - Rosamund Sutherland is the former head of the Graduate School of Education at the University of Bristol. |