Politics of Race, Class and Special Education - The Selected Works of Sally Tomlinson

Social class, race and gender have historically always been essential markers in deciding who would receive a minimum or inferior education and thus fail to obtain whatever were currently acceptable qualifications. Definitions of the 'less able' or ineducable were based on beliefs in the biological and cultural inferiority of lower social classes, racial and immigrant groups. Professor Tomlinson's aim in her work has always been to introduce sociological, historical and political perspectives into an area dominated by psychological, administrative and technical views and to explain how the individual 'problems' were connected to wider social structures and policies. This unique collection illustrates the development of Professor Tomlinson's thinking over the course of her long and esteemed career.

List of contents

1. Introduction: A Sociological perspective 2. Class Analysis and Colonial Immigrants 3. A Sociology of Special Education. 4. The expansion of special Education 5 Conflicts and Dilemmas for Professionals in special education. 6 The Irresistible rise of the SEN industry 7 The Radical-Structuralist view of special education 8 Race and special education 9 The British national identity 10 Educational reforms-ideologies and visions 11 Home-School links 12 Education in a Post-welfare society 13 Low Attainers in a global knowledge economy 14 Disability in Somaliland

About the author

Sally Tomlinson is Emeritus Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Education, University of Oxford.
Information about her and a complete list of her published work can be found at www.stomlinson.net.

Product details

• Authors: Sally Tomlinson, Tomlinson Sally
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 19.05.2014
• EAN: 9781138014145
• ISBN: 978-1-138-01414-5
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: World Library of Educationalists
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Special education; Ethnic Studies, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Special Education / General, Philosophy & theory of education, Teaching of students with different educational needs, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Philosophy and theory of education, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General