Education for Diversity: Making Differences

Citation

(2003), "Education for Diversity: Making Differences", Education + Training, Vol. 45 No. 8/9. https://doi.org/10.1108/et.2003.00445hae.005

Education for Diversity: Making Differences

Education for Diversity: Making Differences

Andrew StablesAshgate2003ISBN: 0754633780£39.95

Argues that certain social and cultural changes problematized many of the assumptions that underpinned educational thinking in the twentieth century, and that these can be grouped as individualization, globalization and the ecological challenge. Examines individualization in relation to changing attitudes to childhood, and the positioning and identity development of students within educational markets. Discusses globalization from several perspectives, including the reduced sovereignty of the nation state and the problematizing of notions of distance and proximity. Considers the environmental challenge in terms of the possibilities for education and sustainable development. Adopts a pragmatic approach, exploring the supremacy of the individual and collective “readings” of the world. Investigates whether education is capable of determining the future in predefined ways.