Education & Inequalities
Tutors: Sara Bragg and Kathryn Telling
Five weekend sessions, 2pm to 4pm:
- Saturday 13th November,
- Saturday 20th November,
- SUNDAY 28th November,
- Sat 4th December,
- Sat 11th December.
Venue: Community Space, Jubilee Library, Jubilee Street, Brighton BN1 1GE
Suitable for beginners.
Does doing well at school reflect hard work, intelligence, ability? Or is educational success a result of factors like privilege, and of how schools label students from different backgrounds? We examine the role of education and schooling in producing social inequality and introduce students to critical perspectives that explore and question the processes and outcomes of learning in different contexts, from primary school to university. We will analyse how education contexts might both perpetuate and / or challenge social inequalities based on class, gender, ethnicity. Topics to be covered will follow students’ own interests. The sessions all encourage reflection on personal experiences of schooling and education.
The course continues in the Spring Term.