SCHOOLING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE: Reflections on the politics and
practices of cultural inclusion Presented by Professor Amanda Keddie,
Research for Educational Impact, Deakin University
The Centre for Islamic Thought and Education and The Research in
Educational and Social Inclusion Concentration invite you to attend a
seminar ‘Schooling and social justice: Reflections on the politics
and practices of cultural inclusion’ Presented by Professor Amanda
Keddie, Research for Educational Impact, Deakin University
The role that schools should play in pursuing the goals of equity and
cultural inclusion is well established. This role has been firmly
installed in Australia’s state and national public education policy
for many years but remains a contentious, complex and difficult
undertaking. Schools must respond to shifts in Australia’s social
fabric of unprecedented cultural diversity, new concentrations of
poverty and social dislocation, new and more virulent forms of social
polarization and growing inequalities. These are challenging times for
schools also contending with the ever-rigid performative demands of a
testing culture where success is defined in very narrow terms that
continue to undermine the citizenship, social, aesthetic and creative
aspects of education that are imperative to a culturally inclusive
schooling. This presentation is framed by the social justice theories
of Nancy Fraser and her idea that justice for all requires removing
the economic, cultural and political obstacles that impede parity of
participation for some groups and individuals. This idea is applied to
schooling contexts with a particular focus on the politics and
practices of cultural inclusion. The focus here is on some of the
possibilities and challenges currently confronting educators
attempting to realise the goals of political justice (in relation to
issues of representation) and cultural justice (in relation to issues
of recognition) for students marginalized on the basis of gender, race
and religion.
Amanda Keddie is a Professor of Education at Deakin University within
REDI (Research for Educational Impact). Her published work examines
the schooling processes, practices and conditions that can impact on
the pursuit of social justice in schools including student identities,
teacher identities, pedagogy, curriculum, leadership, school
structures, policy agendas and socio-political trends. Amanda’s
qualitative research has been based within the Australian, English and
American schooling contexts and is strongly informed by feminist
theory with a particular focus on gender and cultural diversity. Her
recent books with Routledge are Autonomy, Accountability and Social
Justice (2019) and Supporting and Educating Young Muslim Women (2017).
For more information and to register please email:
EDS-RESI@unisa.edu.au
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