This book identifies key elements of an international framework
to develop systems-level change to promote access to education,
including higher education, for socio-economically marginalized
groups. It is based on interviews with senior government officials
and senior management in universities, non formal education and
prisons across 12 countries in Europe. The book identifies systemic
obstacles to and opportunities for promotion of access to education
for socio-economically excluded groups that are issues transferable
to other countries' contexts. It adopts a systemic focus on access
across a range of domains of education, both formal higher
education and non-formal education, as well as prison education.
Through a focus on a more dynamic structuralist systems framework
it develops an innovative post-Bronfenbrennerian view of system
levels in lifespan developmental and educational psychology. It
also develops an international agenda for reform in relation to
these various system levels for access to education for
socio-economically marginalized groups, through extraction of key
structural indicators to evaluate reform progress in a transparent,
culturally sensitive manner. The book identifies current gaps and
strengths in policy, practice and structures that impact upon
access to education, including higher education, across a range of
countries. These gaps and strengths are illustrative and are to
inform a strategic approach to system level change and development
for the promotion of access to education for socio-economically
marginalized groups in Europe and beyond.
""Too many educational practices entrench social exclusion: it
is an urgent priority across Europe that social justice policies
are implemented for the inclusion of marginalised groups. Paul
Downes' analysis of these issues is timely. His conclusions are
considered and practical: this book is a valuable and constructive
resource for practitioners, academics and the policy community.""
Professor Alistair Ross, Jean Monnet "ad Personam "Professor of
Citizenship Education in Europe, Emeritus Professor of Education,
Institute for Policy Studies in Education, London Metropolitan
University
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