This text covers the range of equality issues in school level education from the perspective and needs of educators, trainee teachers and students of education. It uses a blend of issues, concepts, facts and research to open up key issues and consider policy developments in the field.
Contributors v
Acknowledgements ix
Introduction 1
Dave Hill
Part I: Policy
Equality, ideology and education policy
Dave Hill 7
2. Global capital, neo-liberalism, and privatization: the growth of educational inequality
Dave Hill 35
3. Policy, equality and educational research
Kenneth Dunkwu 55
4. Excluded voices: educational exclusion and inclusion
Leena Helavaara Robertson & Rachel Hill 73
5. The National Curriculum, the hidden curriculum and equality
Dave Hill 95
6. Promoting equality and equal opportunities: school policies
Chris Gaine 117
Part II: Facts and Concepts
7. Social Class
Dave Hill and Mike Cole 137
8. ‘Race’
Tim Walker, Mike Cole and Dave Hill 161
9. Gender
Kate Hirom 187
10. Sexuality
Iain Williamson 209
11. Special educational needs
Richard Rose 231
Policy, equality and inequality: from the past to the future
Kevin Myers and Ian Grosvenor 249
Conclusion
Mike Cole 265
Index 271
Biography
Dave Hill, Mike Cole
