In this text, Carol Vincent focuses upon the neglected topic of lay activity in relation to education. She describes the experiences and motivations of parents involved in a variety of grass-roots groups, organizing around educational issues, and examines their problems and successes. She explores how parents' relationships with educational institutions cast light on the broader issues of public participation and how citizenship is experienced today by different social class and ethnic groups.

Including Parents: Educational, Citizenship, and Parental Agency

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Vincent, Carol

Children's Health

Open University Press

Vincent (education policy, University of London) focuses on the topic of lay activity in relation to education. She describes the experiences and motivations of parents involved in a variety of grass- roots groups organizing around educational issues, and examines their problems and successes. She explores how parents' relationships with educational institutions cast light on the broader issues of public participation and how citizenship is experienced today by different social classes and ethnic groups. Distributed by Taylor &amp; Francis. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Including Parents: Education, Citizenship and Parental Agency

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Open Univ Pr

This book answers key questions regarding social justice in education. Its central theme is how the education system, through its organization and practices, is implicated in the realisation of just or unjust social outcomes. In particular, the writers examine the ways in which the identities of individuals and groups are formed and transformed in schools, colleges and universities.The book contains examples drawn from early years through to higher education. It has a dual focus, addressing:* theoretical debates in social justice, including how the concept of social justice can be understood, and theoretical issues around social capital, and class and gender reproduction* the formation of learner identities focusing on how these are differentiated by class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality and (dis)ability.Carol Vincent has assembled a wide-ranging collection of lucidly argued essays by a panel of internationally respected contributors. The authors draw on their current and recent research to inform their writing and so theory is balanced with extensive empirical evidence. Therefore the debates continued here have implications for policy and practice, as well as being theoretically and analytically rich.This book will provide unrivalled coverage of the subject for researchers, academics, practitioners and policymakers in education.

Social Justice, Education and Identity

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Routledge

Childcare, choice and class practices

Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class and class fractions, social reproduction, gendered responsibilities and conceptions of ‘good’ parenting. Drawing on the results of a qualitative empirical study of two groups of middle class parents living in two London localities, this book: <ul>
<li>takes into account key theoretical frameworks in childcare policy, setting them in broader social, political and economic contexts</li> <li>considers the development of the UK government’s childcare strategy from its birth in 1998 to the present day</li> <li>highlights the critical debates surrounding middle class families and their choice of childcare</li> <li>explores parents’ experiences of childcare and their relationships with carers.</li>
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This important study comes to a number of thought-provoking conclusions and offers valuable insights into a complex subject. It is essential reading for all those working in or studying early years provision and policy as well as students of sociology, class, gender and work.

Childcare, Choice and Class Practices: Middle Class Parents and their Children

Ball, Stephen J.

Social Sciences

Childcare is a topic that is frequently in the media spotlight and continues to spark heated debate in the UK and around the world. This book presents an in-depth study of childcare policy and practice, examining middle class parents’ choice of childcare within the wider contexts of social class and class fractions, social reproduction, gendered responsibilities and conceptions of ‘good’ parenting.  Drawing on the results of a qualitative empirical study of two groups of middle class parents living in two London localities, this book:  takes into account key theoretical frameworks in childcare policy, setting them in broader social, political and economic contexts considers the development of the UK government’s childcare strategy from its birth in 1998 to the present day highlights the critical debates surrounding middle class families and their choice of childcare explores parents’ experiences of childcare and their relationships with carers. This important study comes to a number of thought-provoking conclusions and offers valuable insights into a complex subject. It is essential reading for all those working in or studying early years provision and policy as well as students of sociology, class, gender and work.

The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes

How do race and class intersect to shape the identities and experiences of Black middle-class parents and their children? What are Black middle-class parents’ strategies for supporting their children through school? What role do the educational histories of Black middle-class parents play in their decision-making about their children’s education? There is now an extensive body of research on the educational strategies of the white middle classes but a silence exists around the emergence of the Black middle classes and their experiences, priorities, and actions in relation to education. This book focuses on middle-class families of Black Caribbean heritage.  Drawing on rich qualitative data from nearly 80 in-depth interviews with Black Caribbean middle-class parents, the internationally renowned contributors reveal how these parents attempt to navigate their children successfully through the school system, and defend them against low expectations and other manifestations of discrimination. Chapters identify when, how and to what extent parents deploy the financial, cultural and social resources available to them as professional, middle class individuals in support of their children’s academic success and emotional well-being. The book sheds light on the complex, and relatively neglected relations, between race, social class and education, and in addition, poses wider questions about the experiences of social mobility, and the intersection of race and class in forming the identity of the parents and their children. The Colour of Class: The educational strategies of the Black middle classes will appeal to undergraduates and postgraduates on education, sociology and social policy courses, as well as academics with an interest in Critical Race Theory and Bourdieu. The Colour of Class was awarded 2nd prize by the Society for Educational Studies: Book Prize 2016.

The Colour of Class

Rollock, Nicola

Gillborn, David

Parents And Teachers: Power And Participation

This work examines the factors that shape and influence home-school relations. At its heart is an analysis of parent-teacher relationships in an inner city borough, drawn from case studies of five primary schools and a parents' centre. Interviews with parents are revealing windows into parents' views on a range of issues, including curriculum, discipline and parents' relationships with their children's teachers.; The author also considers teachers' perspectives on these matters, and explores the influence of social class, ethnicity and gender on parent-teacher interactions. While presenting these issues within a consideration of broader themes such as citizenship, community, power and participation, the book discusses the reasons why initiatives designed to improve home- school relations appear to result in such limited change.

This text examines the factors that shape and influence home-school relations. Its emphasis is on an analysis of parent-teacher relationships in an inner-city borough, drawn from case studies of five primary schools and a parents' centre.

Shipped from UK, please allow 10 to 21 business days for arrival. 202pp. A nice clean copy.

Developing Inclusive Schooling: Perspectives, Policies and Practices (Bedford Way Papers)

Lunt, Ingrid

Whitty,Geoff

Warren, Simon

Sammons, Pat

Institute of Education

This lecture draws on research projects conducted over the last twelve years, involving families from different social class and ethnic groups. It explores factors identified in current policy, media and other social and political forums as the risks and responsibilities of contemporary parenting, with a particular focus on parents’ engagement with schooling and teachers. It argues that there is a fundamental need for researchers and practitioners to deconstruct common sense understandings of what constitutes "good" parental behavior in relation to schools and other educational settings, and instead engage with the diversity of perspectives which families from different social class and ethnic groups bring to the education of their children, and the differential resources with which they equip those children.

Parenting: Responsibilities, Risks and Respect (IOE Inaugural Professorial Lectures)

Parenting & Relationships

Parenting

UCL IOE Press

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Including Parents: Educational, Citizenship, and Parental Agency

Including Parents: Education, Citizenship and Parental Agency

Social Justice, Education and Identity

Childcare, Choice and Class Practices: Middle Class Parents and their Children

Childcare, choice and class practices

The Colour of Class

Parents And Teachers: Power And Participation

Parents And Teachers: Power And Participation

Developing Inclusive Schooling: Perspectives, Policies and Practices (Bedford Way Papers)

Parenting: Responsibilities, Risks and Respect (IOE Inaugural Professorial Lectures)