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What if… education policy was shaped by a commitment to social justice?
05 December 2019, 6:00 pm–7:15 pm
Leading experts and commentators set out their understanding of what ‘social justice’ means, what the essential facets of education and related areas of public policy would be with the pursuit of social justice in mind, and whether or not it is an idea whose time has come.
This event is free.
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- All
Availability
- Sold out
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Kate Thomas
Location
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Jeffery HallUCL Institute of Education (IOE)20 Bedford WayLondonWC1H 0AL
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But there’s been a certain ‘fuzziness’ around what exactly is meant by each of the two projects – with little attention paid to downward mobility as an inherent part of social mobility, or to where precisely the line is to be drawn between equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.
Speakers
- Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education
- Dan Morrow, CEO, Woodland Academy Trust
- Dr Jason Arday, academic, Trustee of the Runnymede Trust, and School Governor at Shaftesbury Park Primary School
- Iesha Small, Head of Strategy, Youth Hostels Association (England and Wales)
Chair: Professor Becky Francis, Director of UCL Institute of Education
Find out more about the speakers for our 2019-20 IOE Debates series. Join the conversation on Twitter at #IOEDebates
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Links
- On the IOE Blog: How can we create a 'socially just' school system?
- Frequently asked questions (FAQs)
- The IOE Public Debates series
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