Socially Just, Radical Alternatives for Education and Youth Work Practice: Re-Imagining Ways of Working with Young People

by Charlie Cooper (Editor), Sinéad Gormally (Editor), Gill Hughes (Editor)

Overview

Challenging dominant discourses in neoliberal marketized societies about working with disconnected young people, this book argues that alternative, radical approaches to formal and informal education are necessary to challenge repressive practices, and to help build a more equal, socially-just society.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137393586
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	10/25/2015
Edition description:	1st ed. 2015
Pages:	271
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Janet Batsleer, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Annette Coburn, University of West Scotland, UK Susan Cullen, University of Lincoln, UK John Grayson, independent researcher Max A. Hope, University of Hull, UK Rik Kennedy, De Montfort University, UK Pat Petrie, UCL Institute of Education, UK Julie Rippingale, University of Hull, UK Momodou Sallah, De Montfort University, UK

Table of Contents

1. The Case for Re-Imagining the Ways of Working with Young People in Education and Youth Work; Charlie Cooper, Sinéad Gormally and Gill Hughes
2. Challenging The Order Of Things: Independent Working-Class Education As A Model For Contemporary Praxis; John Grayson
3. Critical Pedagogy in Higher Education; Charlie Cooper
4. Emancipatory Praxis; A Social-Justice Approach to Equality Work; Annette Coburn and Sinéad Gormally
5. Social Justice and Social Pedagogy; Pat Petrie
6. Alternative Provision Free Schools: Educational Fireworks Or Sparks Of Optimism For Excluded Young People?; Max Hope
7. In Pursuit Of A Common Values Base For Working With Young People In Formal, Informal And Social Learning; Julie Rippingale
8. Feminist Agendas in Informal Education; Janet Batsleer
9. 'Race', Ethnicity and Young People; Momodou Sallah and Richard Kennedy
10. Inclusive And Accessible Citizenry: Making Spaces For Working With Young People With (Dis)Abilities; Susan Cullen
11. 'Imagining Otherwise' or Tinkering with the System?; Gill Hughes
12. Re-Imagining Ways Of Working With Young People In Education And Youth Work; Charlie Cooper, Sinéad Gormally and Gill Hughes

Editorial Reviews

"This text is easy to read and brings together diverse perspectives on youth work, related work with young people, and histories of young people' involvement in social action. The authors draw out the relevance of each account to contemporary events, and future possibilities. It is rare to find a text written by multiple authors that maintains a common thread, but still enables each author to find their own voice." - Trudi Cooper, Edith Cowan University, Australia

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