Social Justice in Practice in Education

<P><I>Exploring Social Justice in Practice in Education</I> focuses on the tensions and challenges to issues of fairness and social and cognitive justice in the sphere of education.</P><P>The terms ¿fairness¿ and ¿social and cognitive justice¿ are often used to justify particular policies and practices in the sphere of education. In providing a clear definition of what they should mean in practice, this book includes a discussion of, and, in some cases, potential resolutions to, tensions and challenges in relation to notions of fairness, and social and cognitive justice that are implicit within individuals¿ lived experiences across all phases of education. Through their personal narratives, the authors illustrate how such tensions and challenges have played out in their own lives. They go on to explore differences in interpretations and consequent challenges in putting concepts of social justice into practice. Chapters consider important implications across different sectors and phases