Social Justice and Education in the 21st Century
Andrew Miller

Item no: B23        
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Overseas (GST exc): $ 31.80

How might a public high school implement 'social justice' in a market-driven age? Broken Bridge High is an imaginary  South Australian 'rustbelt' school struggling to survive in a neo-liberal landscape. As such, this article endeavours to imagine what staff, students, and parents might do to put 'social justice' back on the school map. Although Broken Bridges High is fitional, the resulting texts address real-life issues and dilemmas, and are themselves examples of how this imaginary school has gone about understanding and generating social justice reform. In this sense the article represents a merging of social science and creative writing as it endeavours to contextualise theoretical concerns in an everyday setting. Different tests and different textual strategies are combined to draw attention to the plight of (some) public schools in Australia today. The article opens with a letter to staff followed by a discussion paper on how social justice might be understood and implemented in the contemporary context. These suggestions could help real teachers in real schools facing similar dilemmas.

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