1st Edition
Exploring Woke in Educational Policy and Practice A Transnational Study of Impact in Schools and Colleges
By Grant Rodwell
Copyright 2026
236 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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Written at a time when the understanding of ‘woke’ is being increasingly challenged by governments and authorities, this book traces woke back to its early 20th-century origins to understand and focus on its transnationalism, promotion and impact in current school and college classroom practice, principally in Australia, the UK and the US.
Chapters present a transnational study of the politics... Read more
Introduction
1 Woke enters our lives: transnationalism, promotion and impact
2 The rise and rise of woke: progressivism rebooted?
3 Schools, colleges, the media and woke
4 Woking school and college educational policy and practice the bureaucrats and politicians
5 Woking kids, schools, colleges and teachers
6 Woking parents and communities
General conclusions and transnational perspectives
Biography
Grant Rodwell is Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Charles Sturt University, Australia.
