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Author McInerney, Peter, author

Title Making hope practical : school reform for social justice / Peter McInerney
Published Flaxton, Qld. : Post Pressed, 2004

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Description ii, 244 pages ; 25 cm
regular print
Contents 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
Subject Social justice -- Educational aspects
Social justice -- Australia.
Educational change -- Australia.
Curriculum planning -- Australia.
Education -- Social aspects -- Australia.
ISBN 187668271X
Other Titles School reform for social justice