Socially Just, Radical Alternatives for Education and Youth Work Practice
Socially Just, Radical Alternatives for Education and Youth Work Practice
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社会公正、教育和青年工作实践的激进替代方案
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10.1057/9781137393593_6
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2015
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Hope M
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Hope M
For those of us who have spent our professional lives working alongside children and young people who are disaffected with education, re-imagining education–or more specifically, re-imagining schools–is crucial. Could it be possible for the state education system to meet the needs of all children and young people, regardless of their gender, ethnicity, ability, sexual orientation or looked-after status? Could schools be changed so that all children and young people were offered curricula and pedagogy that were relevant, inspiring and engaging? Could the education system as a whole be designed in such a way to meet the needs of all, so that none became disengaged, disaffected or disruptive? This chapter has a focus on education in England (as policy in England is different from that in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland), though the issues it tackles might be seen as equally applicable in other national and international contexts. It takes the position that we need to develop long-term visions for revolutionizing the education system whilst also being willing to tinker with it in the short term. To work towards the former, we might do well to consider the model of a ‘common school’for all (Fielding and Moss 2011); a democratic, liberating and local comprehensive school, designed to meet the needs of all children. To do the latter, we need to prioritize which children and young people are currently being failed by the system and make immediate changes which will improve the situation. Sadly, there are many in this category: