Education, Policy and Democracy: Contemporary Challenges and Possibilities

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Stewart Riddle (University of Southern Queensland, Australia) David Bright (Monash University, Australia)

Education, Policy and Democracy

Contemporary Challenges and Possibilities

Stewart Riddle (University of Southern Queensland, Australia), David Bright (Monash University, Australia), Amanda Heffernan (Manchester Institute of Education, UK)

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Routledge
30 January 2025

Moral & social purpose of education; Educational strategies & policy; Organisation & management of education; Higher & further education, tertiary education

This book brings together diverse, international scholarly perspectives on education and democracy in response to contemporary challenges for educational leadership, policy and practice.

The contributions meaningfully engage with a range of local and global issues regarding democratic participation and agency, with a particular focus on implications for educational access, engagement and justice. Each chapter considers the complex tensions and interplay between education histories, policies, practices and research to better understand how education can be for democracy in the twenty-first century. There is much work to be done in the field of democratic education, whether it be in the search of a better understanding of education and democracy’s relationship to one another, questions of how education might be for democracy, the importance of teaching young people about democracy, and whether education can be more democratic. This book makes a small, but important, contribution to these struggles for more democratic and socially just futures through education.

Education, Policy and Democracy: Contemporary Challenges and Possibilities will be a key resource for academics, researchers, and advanced students of education leadership and policy, educational administration, politics, research methods, and sociology. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Educational Administration and History.

Edited by: Stewart Riddle (University of Southern Queensland Australia), David Bright (Monash University, Australia), Amanda Heffernan (Manchester Institute of Education, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 267g
ISBN: 9781032588261
ISBN 10: 1032588268
Pages: 136
Publication Date: 30 January 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction—Education, policy and democracy: contemporary challenges and possibilities 1. Reflections on contemporary challenges and possibilities for democracy and education 2. Punk rock’s messages for the neoliberal university 3. Evaluation for equity: reclaiming evaluation by striving towards counter-hegemonic democratic practices 4. Relational pedagogy and the policy failure of contemporary Australian schooling: activist teaching and pedagogically driven reform 5. A Freirean analysis of the Escola sem Partido dystopian schooling model: indignation, hope and untested feasibility during pandemic times 6. The contemporary challenge of activism as curriculum work 7. Understanding and celebrating advantaged boys: education that excludes 8. Towards an understanding of curricular justice and democratic schooling 9. Reflections on how education can be for democracy in the twenty-first century

Stewart Riddle is Associate Professor in the School of Education, University of Southern Queensland, Australia. His research examines the democratisation of schooling systems, increasing access and equity in education and how schooling can respond to critical social issues in complex contemporary times. David Bright is Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Education at Monash University in Australia. His research interests include teacher identity, international schooling, and post-qualitative inquiry. Amanda Heffernan is Senior Lecturer at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, UK. Her research brings critical perspectives to educational leadership and policy, and her current projects focus on the attraction, support, and retention of school leaders. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of Educational Administration and History.