Continuum Education and Community

Product Description Notions of "community" are found in almost every educational context from primary schools to HE institutions. Given the polemic nature of promoting community in schools and society today, this fascinating book uses an interdisciplinary approach of political philosophy and sociology to develop theoretical principles for the promotion of communities, and subsequently applies them to the realities of schools and society. This book is fully international, drawing on examples and references from the UK, US and Canada. Review "I found this book interesting" The Authors Journal Compilation 2009--Sanford Lakoff"With the contemporary concern about community cohesion and the role of education in such cohesion, the publication of Gereluk's book in paperback is timely...this book might force some thinking." Educational Review, December 2009"I found this book interesting"The Authors Journal Compilation 2009--, About the Author Dianne Gereluk is Associate Professor in Policy and Leadership Studies at the University of Calgary, Canada, and Senior Research Fellow at Roehampton University, UK. Her research currently examines the parameters of parents' ability to decide the extent to which their children are exposed to and taught about controversial issues in schools. Dianne is also author of Education and Community (Continuum 2006), and Symbolic Clothing in Schools (Continuum 2008).