Introduction -- Social justice and schooling in 'new times' - dilemmas and possibbilities -- An orientation to Wattle Plains School -- Social justice and schooling - charting a path through competing discourses -- The educational reform agenda - where is social justice? -- Keeping social justice on the agenda - whole school reform at Wattle Plains -- Enacting socially just curriculum at Wattle Plains - the classroom connection -- 'Living with ambiguities'- the problematic aspects of school reform for social justice -- 'Resources of hope: reinventing schooling for social justice
Summary
This book is a must read for anybody concerned aboutthe plight of our schools, and how to pursue a socially just agenda in a hostile educational policy climate
Notes
Includes index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-235) and index