Social Justice Dispositions in Schools - Thinking With Bourdieu, Reading Dispositions in Practice

Against the backdrop of equity-sensitive approaches within education policy and practice, inequalities in student attainment remain a persistent problem; in response, this book advances the concept of social justice dispositions (SJDs).

List of contents

1. An introduction to social justice dispositions in schools 2. Researching dispositions through activity Part 1: Social justice dispositions revealed in pedagogic action 3. Advantaged and disadvantaged schools, perceived need, and social justice dispositions 4. School ethos, teacher experience, and social justice dispositions Part 2: School leadership as pedagogic authority for socially just practice 5. Pedagogic authority positively disposed towards social justice 6. Pedagogic authority negatively disposed towards social justice 7. Conclusion: Possibilities for socially just action in schools

About the author

Trevor Gale is Emeritus Professor of the Academy of Social Sciences, UK, a critical sociologist of education, focused on the reproduction of inequalities through education, and immediate past editor-in-chief of Critical Studies in Education.
Russell Cross is Professor of Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia, specialises in Vygotskian sociocultural accounts of teachers' professional knowledge, practical expertise, and professional learning and development.
Carmen Mills is Associate Professor of sociology of education at The University of Queensland, Australia. Drawing on Bourdieu, her research focuses on equity and social justice in education.

Product details

• Authors: Russell Cross, Trevor (University of Glasgow Gale, Gale Trevor, Mills Carmen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781138047716
• ISBN: 978-1-138-04771-6
• No. of pages: 164
• Series: Routledge Research in the Sociology of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; EDUCATION / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Organization & management of education, teacher training, Secondary Schools, Educational administration and organization, Teaching skills and techniques, Moral and social purpose of education, Teaching skills & techniques, Moral & social purpose of education