期刊名称：Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies
印刷版ISSN：1740-2743
电子版ISSN：1740-2743
出版年度：2008
卷号：6
期号：02
出版社：Institute for Education Policy Studies
摘要：The paper considers the broader policy context in which English Post
Compulsory Education and Training (PCET) is placed, examining the
model of class implicit within policy documents and particular currents
within new Labour thinking. It notes that class relations and patterns of
inequality have deepened. Class as a structural feature of the social
formation has been obscured as a result of individualisation and allied
theorisations. Whilst class may be obscured, it remains a salient feature
of contemporary society. Personalisation of the curriculum and changes
to 14-19 education are related to class formation and the on-going
generation of inequality. The closing section of the paper comments on
current work that examines teaching and learning in the sector,
suggesting that class needs to be placed in a pivotal position in such
analyses. It concludes by arguing that a concern with social justice as
well as one that seeks to interrupt processes of class formation
necessitates a politicised practice that extends beyond the classroom.
This requires an analysis that stresses the salience of class but also
works with an expansive notion of practice that calls for a politicised
understanding of PCET.
