Index

Denise Mifsud (University of Bath, UK)

Schooling for Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion: Problematizing Theory, Policy and Practice

ISBN: 978-1-83549-761-6, eISBN: 978-1-83549-758-6

Publication date: 15 July 2024

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Mifsud, D. (2024), "Index", Schooling for Social Justice, Equity and Inclusion: Problematizing Theory, Policy and Practice, Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 127-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/978-1-83549-758-620241007

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INDEX

Aboriginal community members
, 103–106

Aboriginal country
, 113n1

Aboriginal Education Consultative Group (AECG)
, 101

Aboriginal Education Workers (AEWs)
, 103

Aboriginal kids
, 102–103

Academic achievement
, 101

Accountability
, 38

Actant
, 30–31, 37, 40

Actor
, 40

Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
, 16, 18, 29, 59, 60

ANT-ish concept of ‘symmetry’
, 40

sensibility
, 29–32

of state translating schooling
, 36–39

Alternative Learning Programme (ALP)
, 72

Anglophone nations
, 46–49

Antagonistic practices
, 42

Assemblage
, 29–31, 36, 40

Assessment
, 46, 99

Attainment
, 28

Australia
, 2, 16–17, 59, 99, 119

Bacchi, Carol
, 65–66, 73–75, 77

Bias
, 16, 86

Black-boxed
, 31

Blame culture
, 40

Church schools
, 65

Classrooms

enactments in
, 7–9

practices
, 110

Co-education
, 72

Collaborative leadership
, 45

Commonwealth
, 2, 122

Community relationships
, 107–108

Compulsory schooling
, 71–73

social justice in
, 3–5

Contexts
, 122

Core Curriculum Programme (CCP)
, 72

COVID-19 pandemic
, 2, 64

Critical reflexive research
, 29

Critique
, 18, 122

Cultural imperialism, practices of
, 42

Culturally responsive leadership
, 96

leadership and schooling for social justice
, 97–99

research background
, 100–102

research findings
, 102–109

and schooling
, 99–100

Culture
, 3

Curriculum
, 12, 104

Deprivation
, 4

Dilemmatic/tense leadership
, 45

Disability
, 7

Disadvantaged groups
, 6–7

Discourses
, 73

Discriminatory government policies
, 10

Disruptive leadership
, 45

Distribution
, 3, 14, 30, 70

Distributive justice
, 4

Distributive principles
, 4

Diversity
, 28

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)
, 124

Early childhood education and care (ECEC)
, 10

Economic imperatives, subordination of education to
, 5–7

Economic marginalization
, 4

Education
, 65

in Malta
, 71–73

policy
, 71–73

policymaking
, 40

social justice in
, 3–5

subordination of education to economic imperatives
, 5–7

‘Education for All: Special Needs and Inclusive Education in Malta’
, 71

Educational inequalities
, 6

Educational justice
, 5

Educational leaders
, 44–45

Educational leadership
, 29, 121–122

Educational leadership, management and administration (ELMA)
, 60–61

Educational outcomes
, 3, 14, 28, 39–40, 101, 113

Educational policy
, 5–6

Educational reform
, 34

Educators
, 39

Effectiveness
, 8, 10, 12, 81

Egalitarianism
, 70

Emergent-contextual leadership
, 45

Enrolment
, 31

Equality
, 4, 6, 14, 29, 70

Equity
, 2, 5, 121–122

as a sublime object
, 70

background
, 71–73

as counterparts of social justice
, 9–12

in education and schooling
, 65

issues of
, 29

literature review
, 66–70

methodology
, 73–75

policy documents of inclusive education in Malta
, 77–80

presuppositions or assumptions
, 80–81

problem
, 76–86

problem representation
, 81–86

process and parameters
, 76–77

pursuit of
, 71–73

systemic factors
, 68

Ethnicity
, 3

European educational systems
, 69

European Union (EU)
, 13

Exclusion
, 36 (see also Inclusion)

Exploitation
, 4

Exploitative relationships
, 42

Fairness
, 65

Foucauldian theory
, 73

Free conduct of individuals
, 37

Freedom
, 37

Gender
, 3, 6

Global South
, 48

Globalization
, 15

‘Good’ leadership
, 98

Government
, 37, 80

Governmentality
, 73

Immutable mobile/s
, 41

Implicit bias
, 8

Improvement-focused leaders
, 8

Inclusion
, 2, 36, 65, 121–122

as counterparts of social justice
, 9–12

processes
, 42

Inclusive education
, 10, 68, 79–80

Indigenous communities
, 96–97

Indigenous education
, 98

Indigenous minorities
, 7

Indigenous perspectives
, 96–97

Individualized education programmes (IEPs)
, 72

Inequality/ies
, 5, 7, 12, 16, 35, 67, 88, 96

Injustice
, 3–4

International student assessment data
, 68

Interressement
, 31, 37

Intersectionality
, 7, 66, 83

Intra-institutional activism
, 8

Leadership
, 45 (see also Culturally responsive leadership)

for social justice concept
, 46–49, 97–99

Learning loss
, 2, 13, 64

Learning outcomes
, 39, 71, 100

Learning support educator (LSE)
, 72

Linguistic minorities
, 7

Macro/micro level forces
, 36

Malta
, 65, 72–73, 122–123

policy documents of inclusive education in
, 77–80

Maltese education system
, 65, 71

Marginalization processes
, 42

Meritocracy
, 6

Meritocratic elite
, 5

Metric society
, 5

Micro-negotiations
, 49

Migrant status
, 3

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)
, 12

Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation (MEYR)
, 65

Minority ethnic disadvantage
, 6

Mobilization
, 31, 37, 46

Modus operandi of social justice
, 34–35

Mutuality
, 42

Myths
, 99

National Inclusive Education Framework (NIEF)
, 76

Neoliberal hegemony
, 41

Neoliberal policy
, 38

Neoliberalism
, 6, 36–38

Network
, 30

assemblages
, 37

elements
, 31

ethnography
, 93

New Public Management techniques
, 41

‘No Poverty’
, 12–14

Non-Indigenous students
, 97, 99, 113

Obligatory point of passage
, 31, 37, 46

OECD policy
, 5, 66, 69–70

Ordering struggles
, 31, 39, 48

Out-of-school children
, 11

Pandemic
, 64

Performance-driven policy script
, 39–43

Policy as discourse
, 74

Policy as text
, 74

Policy discourses
, 42

Policy documents of inclusive education in Malta
, 77–80

Policy on Inclusive Education in Schools (PIES)
, 76

Policy sociology
, 74

Post-structural policy analysis
, 92

Post-structural sensibility
, 74

Post-structuralist research analysis
, 73

Poverty
, 3

Prince Trust
, 72

Problem representation
, 81–86

Problematic
, 123

Problematization
, 37

Productivity
, 6, 70

Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
, 39–40, 73

assessment regime
, 41

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
, 73

Public funding
, 10

Public good in education
, 15

Punctualization
, 31, 39

Quality
, 65

Quality Education
, 12–14

Racism
, 98–99

Re-regulation
, 38

Reading as engagement
, 123–124

Recognition
, 42

Recognitive justice
, 4

Redistribution/recognition
, 36

Reflexivity
, 9, 36, 86

Reforms
, 30, 72

Relationships
, 5, 42, 48, 97, 110–111

Religious minorities
, 7

Representation
, 4

Representative justice
, 4

Respect
, 42

Rurality
, 3

Sameness/difference
, 36

Scepticism
, 121

School leaders
, 7, 98

preparation and development
, 112

school leaders/principals
, 8

Schooling
, 29, 32–36, 99–100

for social justice
, 97–99

Schools

accountability
, 10, 67

autonomy
, 10, 34, 67

closures
, 2, 64

community relations
, 96

effectiveness discourses
, 39–43

enactments in
, 7–9

leadership
, 28, 43–49, 97–98

school-level education
, 67

school/community attitudes
, 10

school/community relations
, 99

success
, 39–43

SDG 1
, 2, 13, 17

SDG 4
, 2, 13, 17

Self-reflexivity
, 85

Sexual orientation
, 3

Shared decision-making
, 110

Social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties (SEBD)
, 72

Social class
, 39

Social justice
, 2, 5, 28, 97, 121–122

contributions to theory, policy, and practice
, 14–17

discourses in education
, 30–32

in education and compulsory schooling
, 3–5

equity and inclusion as counterparts of
, 9–12

issues of
, 29

leadership and schooling for
, 97–99

in practice
, 7–9

and schooling
, 32–36

theoretical/empirical studies on educational leadership for
, 123

Social recognition
, 4

‘Social’, the
, 3

Socially just leadership
, 96

Socially just school
, 98–99

Socioeconomic disadvantage
, 6

Sociomaterialism
, 60

Spaces of negotiation
, 35

Spaces of prescription
, 35

Special educational needs (SEN)
, 72

Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND)
, 8

Standardization
, 67

Standards
, 6, 41, 45, 98

Stereotypes
, 99

Stratification
, 10, 67–68

Student diversity
, 39–43

Student learning
, 98

and participation
, 11

Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
, 12–14

Symmetry
, 30–31, 40, 60

Systemic oppression
, 4

Theory-method interactions
, 124

Three-dimensional theory
, 4

Translation
, 29, 31, 37–38, 41, 60

Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
, 73

Under-theorization of social justice
, 42

UNESCO
, 10, 15, 81

Vocational education and training (VET)
, 72

Western ideologies
, 46–47

Western leadership for social justice concept
, 47

What’s the problem represented to be? (WPR)
, 16, 18

approach
, 74–75, 92

policy analysis approach
, 65