Social Justice Policy and its Implementation in Public Education South African Experiences

Part 1. Understanding Social Justice in the South African Context

1. Education for Social Justice in Post- Apartheid South Africa: Dismantling Barriers, Creating Opportunities
Kerry J. Kennedy, Pinky Makoe and Helen Agumba

2. Implications of Socio-Economic and Cultural Capital for Curriculum Justice in South African Schools
Mackenzie Ishmael Chibambo and Joseph Divala

3. Social Justice Principles: Factors Influencing Resource Allocation to South African Schools
Gbenga Michael Adeyeye and Nazreen Dasoo

Part 2. Social Justice and the School Curriculum

4. Social Justice and English Literature in High Schools in South Africa
David Robinson

5. Prospects of Actualising Social Justice Through Curriculum Integration in South African Schools
Nokuthula Diborah Nkosi

6. Addressing Systemic Inequalities: The Role of Mother-Tongue Based Bilingual Education in South Africa’s Multilingual Education System
Yusuf Feltman

7. What Counts as Legitimate Language for Learning in South African Schooling?
Pinky Makoe

8. Re-Conceptualizing Ubuntu Pedagogy: Indigenous Humanism as a Paradigm for Social Justice Education
Gbenga Michael Adeyeye

9. A Case for African Relationality in South African Schools to Advance Curriculum and Context Relevance
Menias Mashaba

Part 3. Social Justice and Education in Non-School Contexts

10. Community Engagement and Social Justice in Rural Education: A Case Study in The Eastern Cape
Ntomboxolo Yamile

11. A Framework for Understanding Rural Students’ Trajectories in Higher Education: Moving Beyond Deficit Paradigms
Hellen Agumba

Part 4. Looking to the Future

12. Social justice and education for a new South Africa: Aspirations, Contexts and Challenges
Kerry J. Kennedy

Biography

Kerry J. Kennedy is a Distinguished Visiting Professor at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He is also a Chair Professor and Advisor (Academic Development) at The Education University of Hong Kong. He is the series editor for the Routledge book series, ‘Perspectives on Education in Africa’.

‘By providing a 30-year retrospective and also a focus on future possibilities, this book will make an important contribution in multiple areas: to South African education studies and education policy, but also to decolonisation studies and the role of education in actualising conditions of social justice more broadly. In describing some of the challenges facing education as a vehicle for promoting social justice in post-colonial contexts, this book has the potential to provide inspiration and guidance for governments, institutions, and practitioners seeking to promote social justice.’ 

Margaret Perrow, Professor of English and English Education, Southern Oregon University, US and author of A Hidden History of Youth Development in South Africa: Learning in Transition (Routledge, 2021)