How we understand education quality is inextricably linked with
perspectives on social justice. Questions of inclusion, relevance
and democracy in education are increasingly contested, most
especially in the global South, and improving the quality of
education, particularly for the most disadvantaged, has become a
topic of fundamental concern for education policy makers,
practitioners and the international development community. The
reality experienced by many learners continues to be of
inadequately prepared and poorly motivated teachers, struggling to
deliver a rapidly changing curriculum without sufficient support,
and often using outmoded teaching methods in over-crowded or
dilapidated classrooms.
"
Education Quality and Social Justice in the South" includes
contributions from leading scholars in the field of education and
development. The text draws upon state of the art evidence from the
five year EdQual research programme, which focuses upon raising
achievement in low income countries, and demonstrates how systems
of high quality universal education can be sustained. By exploring
recent research initiatives to improve education quality, the
importance of supporting local policy makers, educators and parents
as agents of change, and students as active inquirers is
highlighted, and the challenge of taking successful initiatives to
scale is explained.
The book is divided into three main parts:
-Framing Education Quality
-Planning and Policies for Quality
-Implementing Quality in Schools
"
Education Quality and Social Justice in the South" argues that
implementing a high quality of education using theories of social
justice can inform the understanding of inclusion, relevance and
democracy in education. The book should be essential reading for
both students and researchers within the fields of international
and comparative education, along with educational policy, poverty
and development studies.
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