Socially just, radical alternatives for education and youth work practice : re-imagining ways of working with young people /
Cooper, Charlie,1952-editor.
Gormally, Sinéad,1984-editor.
Hughes, Gill,1961-editor.
Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative, radical approaches to formal and informal education are necessary to challenge repressive practices, and to help build a more equal, socially-just society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 1. The Case for Re-Imagining the Ways of Working with Young People in Education and Youth Work; Charlie Cooper, Sinéad Gormally and Gill Hughes -- 2. Challenging The Order Of Things: Independent Working-Class Education As A Model For Contemporary Praxis; John Grayson -- 3. Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education; Charlie Cooper -- 4. Emancipatory Praxis; A Social-Justice Approach to Equality Work; Annette Coburn and Sinéad Gormally -- 5. Social Justice and Social Pedagogy; Pat Petrie -- 6. Alternative Provision Free Schools: Educational Fireworks Or Sparks Of Optimism For Excluded Young People?; Max Hope -- 7. In Pursuit Of A Common Values Base For Working With Young People In Formal, Informal And Social Learning; Julie Rippingale -- 8. Feminist Agendas in Informal Education; Janet Batsleer -- 9. 'Race', Ethnicity and Young People; Momodou Sallah and Richard Kennedy -- 10. Inclusive And Accessible Citizenry: Making Spaces For Working With Young People With (Dis)Abilities; Susan Cullen -- 11. 'Imagining Otherwise' or Tinkering with the System?; Gill Hughes -- 12. Re-Imagining Ways Of Working With Young People In Education And Youth Work; Charlie Cooper, Sinéad Gormally and Gill Hughes.
Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative, radical approaches to formal and informal education are necessary to challenge repressive practices, and to help build a more equal, socially-just society.
Education
Critical pedagogy
Non-formal education
Educational change
School-to-work transition
Young adults
Education and sociology.
Educational sociology.
Childhood.
Adolescence.
Social work.
Juvenile delinquents.
International education .
Comparative education.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Childhood, Adolescence and Society.
Social Work.
Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice.
International and Comparative Education.