Identity and Pedagogy in Higher Education - International Comparisons

Kalwant Bhopal and Patrick Danaher examine 'race', identity and gender within education and explore the difficulties of relating these concepts to the experience of students in higher education. In drawing together the experience of local and international students in the UK and in Australia, they examine the ways identities are understood and conceptualized within higher education in local contexts and on a global level. They consider the complexity of 'race', gender and identity in relation to education within the context that education continues to be dominated by predominantly white, middle class values and perspectives. examines the extent to which education as a vehicle for change in the light of the controversial debates surrounding race and gender inequalities.

About the author

Kalwant Bhopal is Professor of Education and Social Justice at the University of Birmingham, UK.Patrick Alan Danaher is Professor in Educational Research, Associate Dean (Research) and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Product details

• Authors: Dalwant Bhopal, Kalwant Bhopal, Kalwant Danaher Bhopal, Kalwant/ Danaher Bhopal, Patrick Danaher, Patrick Alan Danaher, Danaher Patrick
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2013
• EAN: 9781441125552
• ISBN: 978-1-4411-2555-2
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / Multicultural Education, EDUCATION / Comparative, Higher education, tertiary education, Multicultural education, Colleges of higher education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Higher