Towards social justice and inclusion in education systems

Nesterova, Y. (2023) Towards social justice and inclusion in education systems. In: Handbook of Education Policy. Series: Elgar handbooks in education. Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 301-313. ISBN 9781800375055

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Abstract

Inclusion into mainstream education systems to address marginalisation of vulnerable groups has now become a primary focus of educational practice, policy, and research. Yet, as research shows, inclusive education keeps emphasising the provision of access to education for all. While access to education remains a critical concern with millions of children and young people being excluded from formal education, simply including them in the education system does not address structural inequalities, injustices, discrimination, and violence learners from disadvantaged groups face within the systems which leads to their dropping out of school and/or finishing with poor learning outcomes. This chapter proposes a social justice framework that relies on three dimensions - distributive, relational, and epistemic justice - to support the transformation of education in a way that it becomes inclusive and supportive of students coming from all sorts of backgrounds.

Item Type:Book Sections
Status:Published
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Nesterova, Dr Yulia
Authors: Nesterova, Y.
College/School:College of Social Sciences > School of Education
Publisher:Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN:9781800375055
Copyright Holders:Copyright © 2023
Publisher Policy:Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy
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