Education and Social Justice in a Digital Age

ISBN-13: 9781447305255 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 176 str.

Rosamund Sutherland

Opis

In many countries, the focus of school curriculum shifts back and forth between traditional subjects (such as mathematics and history) and the development of skills (such as problem solving). Rosamund Sutherland argues here that skills-focused curriculum often seen as preparing students to work in our digital age can actually exacerbate existing social inequalities. Arguing from a social justice perspective, she contends that schools should prioritize instruction in traditional subjects, which can provide disadvantaged students with formal knowledge they are not likely to learn outside school. Sutherland s theoretical and practical insights point toward changes in policy and practice that could help improve student s lives."

Spis treści

An unfolding story; Expanding the possible: people and technologies; Knowledge worlds: boundaries and barriers; Ways of knowing: everyday and academic knowledge; Schools as spaces for creating knowledge; Assessment and the curriculum in a digital age; Education in the 21st century; The idea of justice in education.