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Education for Social Justice is a statement of the role of education in promoting social justice. Drawing on research, this book explains what social justice is, presents the argument that democracy requires a commitment to social justice.
List of contents
Foreword
Laura Flores ShawPreface and Acknowledgements
Nicholas M. Michelli and Tina J. JacobowitzList of Contributors
Chapter 1: Education for Social Justice
Nicholas M. Michelli, Tina J. Jacobowitz, Stacey Campo, and Diana Jahnsen
Chapter 2: Civic Education
Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana JahnsenChapter 3: Discrimination and Repression: Slavery, Segregation, Racism, Antisemitism, and Their Relation to Democracy
Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana JahnsenChapter 4: College Going and the Effect of Race and Other Factors
Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana JahnsenChapter 5: Responsive Teaching for Access to Knowledge
Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana JahnsenChapter 6: Supporting Mental Health in Community Schools
Stacey Campo and Diana Jahnsen
Chapter 7: Informal Learning and the Role of Parents
Nicholas M. Michelli, Stacey Campo, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Diana JahnsenChapter 8: Summary, Essentially Contested Concepts, Conclusions, and Future Actions to Promote Social Justice
Nicholas M. Michelli, Diana Jahnsen, Tina J. Jacobowitz, and Stacey Campo
Index
About the author
Nicholas M. Michelli is Professor of Education at Johns Hopkins University and Presidential Professor Emeritus at the City University of New York, USA.
Tina J. Jacobowitz is Professor Emeritus at Montclair State University, USA.
Stacey Campo is Senior Research Advisor with the National Center for Community Schools and Consultant with M. Fletcher and Associates, USA.
Diana Jahnsen is a Special Education Psychologist with the Surrey School District in British Columbia, Canada.
Summary
Education for Social Justice is a statement of the role of education in promoting social justice. Drawing on research, this book explains what social justice is, presents the argument that democracy requires a commitment to social justice.
