Education and Community

by Dianne Gereluk

Overview

Notions of "community" are found in almost every educational context from primary schools to HE institutions. Given the polemic nature of promoting community in schools and society today, this fascinating book uses an interdisciplinary approach of political philosophy and sociology to develop theoretical principles for the promotion of communities, and subsequently applies them to the realities of schools and society. This book is fully international, drawing on examples and references from the UK, US and Canada.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847060396
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/20/2008
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.46(d)

About the Author

Dianne Gereluk is Associate Professor in Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada, and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK. Her research currently examines the parameters of parents' ability to decide the extent to which their children are exposed to and taught about controversial issues in schools. Dianne is also author of Education and Community (Continuum 2006), and Symbolic Clothing in Schools (Continuum 2008).

Table of Contents

Introduction     x
The Promise and Paradox of Community     1
Life in an ethnic community     2
From ethnic community to bilingual primary teacher     4
A return to theory     6
Concepts of 'community'     7
On the school treadmill: what do we need to be doing now?!     11
Community and Education
Community Directives for Schooling     17
Aims and objectives     17
Schools and communities     22
Community schools     24
Communities of interest     32
Community in the curriculum     34
Norms and practices in the schools     38
Conclusion     39
Tensions Inherent in Community     42
Internal norms and practices     43
Exclusivity and community     47
Dominant community practices toward non-members     52
Should we dismiss the notion of 'community'?     54
Can a normative theory mitigate tensions found in promoting community?     56
Valuing Community     58
Purported benefits of belonging to a community     64
The need for communities     71
Developing a Liberal Conception of Community
A Liberal Conception of Community     75
Principles of liberty and equality     76
A fair system of social cooperation     78
Burdens of judgement     85
Reasonable pluralism     87
Liberal communities and the limits within reasonable pluralism     96
Permissible Communities in Liberal Education     99
The Anglo-European School     101
Muslim faith communities and liberal education     102
Bethany Baptist Academy     114
Conclusion     119
Liberal Communities in Schools     121
A capacity for a conception of the good     122
A capacity for a sense of justice and a well-ordered society     129
Conclusion     138
Community, Schools and Society
Communities and Society     143
From feudal to modern society: the changing dynamics of community     144
Social conditions and communities in contemporary society     146
Opportunities for liberal communities     154
Communities, schools and society     156
Communties in a Changing Education Environment     158
Challenges     158
Reconciling tensions of educational inequalities between school communities     170
Liberal communities and contemporary school conditions     173
Envisaging Liberal Communities     175
Liberal communities     176
Future considerations     178
Schools of inspiration     181
Conclusion     186
References     188
Index     203

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