Social and Ethnic Inequalities in the Cypriot Education System: A Critical Realist View on Empowerment

ISBN-13: 9780367727994 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 136 str.

Areti Stylianou; David Scott

Opis

This book advances critical realist ideas in empirical research in order to close the theory-practice gap and shift the emphasis from epistemology to ontology with regard to teachers’ empowerment to provide inclusive education.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 

2. Inclusive Education 

3. Empowerment, Social Contexts and Power Relations 

4. Critical Realism and the Notion of Empowerment 

5. Methodological Choices in Educational Research 

6. Kappa, Delta, Zeta and Omega Case Studies 

7. Empowering and Disempowering Contexts 

8. Post-Conflict Retroductions and Teacher Empowerments

O autorze

Areti Stylianou is a curriculum development officer, working at the Pedagogical Institute of Cyprus. She has published articles in a number of journals, including the International Journal of Inclusive Education and British Journal of Educational Studies.

David Scott is Emeritus Professor of Curriculum, Pedagogy and Assessment at the Institute of Education, University College London. He is co-author of Equalities and Inequalities in the English Education System (2018).