Education for Social Change: Perspectives on Global Learning

Description

This book introduces students to education as a vehicle for social change. Douglas Bourn begins by providing historical context of how education has been linked to social change around the world and moves on, in the second section of the book, to discuss potential theoretical and conceptual frameworks for thinking about education for social change. The third sections covers how social change has been explored and promoted within different areas of learning, including schooling, youth work and higher education. The fourth section looks at the opportunities and challenges for promoting education for social change and reviews current international initiatives including those of global citizenship and climate change. Key theorists are introduced throughout the book including Althusser, Bourdieu and Bernstein, Dewey, Gramsci, and Freire. Each chapter begins with an opening question and ends with bulleted concluding points, questions for discussion and a further reading list. The book includes a foreword written by Tania Ramalho (State University of New York, USA). Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction Chapter 1: Changing Role and Relationship of Education to Societal Change Chapter 2: Education for a Democratic Society Chapter 3: Education for Liberation Chapter 4: Education for Socialism and a New Society Chapter 5: Education for a Global Society Chapter 6: Pedagogy for Global Social Justice Chapter 7: Education for Transformation, Sustainable Future and Being Global Citizens Chapter 8: Teachers as Agents of Social Change1 Chapter 9: Global Youth Work and Young People as Social Activists Chapter 10: The Role of the Academic Tutor Chapter 11: Civil Society Organizations as Agents for Change Chapter 12: International Organizations, UNESCO, Earth Charter and Putting the Sustainable Development Goals into Practice Conclusion Notes References Index