Education, equality and human rights : issues of gender, 'race', sexuality, disability and social class / edited by Mike Cole ; with a foreword by Peter McLaren.

chapter Introduction: human rights and equality legislation and education -- chapter 1 Unfinished business: women still unequal after all this time -- chapter 2 Gender and education: perspectives through time -- chapter 3 Racism in the UK: continuity and change -- chapter 4 Racism and education: from Empire to May -- chapter 5 Sexualities, identities and equal rights: the making and remaking of sexualities -- chapter 6 Time for straight talking: challenges and opportunities in teaching and learning about sexuality and homophobia in schools -- chapter 7 Achieving disability equality: the continuing struggle r i Chard riES Er -- chapter 8 Inclusive education: implementing human rights r i Chard riES Er -- chapter 9 Social class, Marxism and socialism MiKE Co L E -- chapter 10 Mystification of production and feasibility of alternatives: social class inequality and education aLPESh Ma i S Ur i a.

"The fourth edition of Education, Equality and Human Rights has been fully updated to reflect the economic, political, social and cultural changes in educational and political policy and practice, as austerity continues and in the light of the EU referendum. Written by a carefully selected group of experts, each of the five equality issues of gender, 'race', sexuality, disability and social class are covered as areas in their own right as well as in relation to education.Key issues explored include:human rights, equality and educationwomen and equality, historically and nowgender and education perspectives throughout timeracism in the UK from the Empire to the presentracism and education from imperial times to the May governmentthe making and remaking of sexualitiesthe challenges surrounding teaching and learning about sexuality in schools the struggle for disability equalityinclusive educationsocial class, Marxism and socialismsocial class inequality and education.With an uncompromising and rigorous analysis of education and human rights and a foreword from Professor Peter McClaren, Education, Equality and Human Rights is an essential resource across a wide range of disciplines and for all those interested in education, social policy and human rights."--Provided by publisher.