The socially just school and critical pedagogies in communities put at a disadvantage

Critical Studies in Education

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-18

  Smyth, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

culture of poverty; disadvantage; neoliberalism; social justice; socially just school

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857181299     PISSN: 17508487     EISSN: 17508495     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17508487.2012.635671     Document Type: Article

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