Social capital, professionalism and diversity / / Julie Allan, Jenny Ozga, Geri Smith.

• Superior document: Studies in Inclusive Education Series ; Volume 1
• VerfasserIn: Allan, Julie,; Ozga, Jennifer,; Smith, Geri,
• TeilnehmendeR: Ozga, Jennifer,; Smith, Geri,
• Place / Publishing House: Rotterdam : : Sense Publishers,, [2009]; ©2009
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in inclusive education series ; Volume 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Social Capital, Professionalism and Diversity is a response to the challenges faced by teachers and other public sector professionals in attempting to manage an increasingly diverse population, whilst simultaneously being subjected to public scrutiny through measures of performance. Social capital has increasingly been seen by policy makers and academics as a possible resource for education, allowing children and young people, and the professionals who work with them, to do better as a result of having strong networks, relationships and trust. There has, however, been little attention to how social capital might actually be used by professionals within educational contexts or to the benefits of enhanced social capital for children and young people, their families, and the professionals themselves. The contributors to this volume provide commentaries on what is known about social capital and its use in educational contexts; the engagement of teachers and other professionals with diversity; and social capital and diversity among children, young people and families. Social Capital, Professionalism and Diversity will appeal to teacher educators and policymakers with concerns about the challenges faced by teachers and other public sector professionals and with an interest in how social capital might enable an effective response to diversity in educational contexts. The book will be of particular interest and use to student and beginning teachers in responding to diversity as they develop their own professional identities and to practising teachers with an interest in pursuing new forms of professional renewal.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Julie Allan , Jenny Ozga and Geri Smyth -- Social capitalism for linking professionalism and social justice in education / Eva Gamarnikow and Anthony Green -- A social capital toolkit for schools? organisational perspectives on current social capital research / John Field -- Quantifying social capital at school / Ralph Catts -- Social capital in practice in schools / Colin Campbell -- The social capital agenda and teacher professionalism / Walter Humes -- The rise of a new profession? children and young people’s participation workers / E. Kay M. Tisdall -- Redesigning professional knowledge using social capital / Joan Forbes -- Professionals, people and power: sourcing social capital on an early years education and health care programme / Carl Bagley -- Parents and professionals: an uneasy partnership? / Dora Bjarnason -- Children’s friendships and social cohesion in the diverse and competitive world of english schools / Irene Breugel -- Building social capital, reconstructing habitus: addressing the problem of early school leaving in Ireland / Rose Malone -- “You need to have a mixed school…” exploring the complexity of diversity in young people’s social networks / Susie Weller -- Connections: children’s social capital and diversity / Julie Allan and Geri Smyth -- Social capital, professionalism and diversity: prospects and potential / Jenny Ozga and Julie Allan -- Index / Julie Allan , Jenny Ozga and Geri Smyth.