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A Political Sociology of Education Policy

The provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For example, reform technologies ensure that public funds are used to keep identified categories of children out of a school.

In this seminar Prof Gunter’s intends scoping segregation as a form of policy violence, and proceeded to present a new approach to researching understanding and explanations of this trend as a political sociology.

Based on over thirty years of research funded by the ESRC and British Academy, Prof Gunter interconnects political thinking from Arendt with sociological thinking from Bourdieu to present a Thinking Politically-Sociologically Framework that includes: Vantage Points; Viewpoints; Regimes of Practice; Exchange Relationships; and Intellectual Histories.

Programme:

09:30 Introduction and welcome
Craig Skerritt and Sarah Younie
09:40 A Political Sociology of Education Policy
Professor Helen M Gunter
10:15 Discussion
10:30 Event close

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Keynote Speaker and Chairs

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Helen Gunter, Professor

Professor Emerita at University of Manchester

Helen M. Gunter is Professor Emerita in the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester. She is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and recipient of the BELMAS Distinguished Service Award 2016. Her research focuses on the...

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Craig Skerritt, Dr

Lecturer at University of Manchester

Dr Craig Skerritt is Lecturer in Education at the Manchester Institute of Education, University of Manchester, where he is also the departments Impact Director. His book Consulting Students on Classroom Practice, ‘Good’ Teaching and Teacher...

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Sarah Younie, Professor

Professor in Education Innovation at De Montfort University

Sarah Younie is a principal lecturer in Education at De Montfort University and a visiting Senior Research Fellow at University of Bedfordshire. She has been involved in international research on educational technologies and teaching for twenty...

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A Political Sociology of Education Policy

The provision of and access to school places in England is structured through segregation, and yet influential research takes place without due recognition of how selection and choice operate. For...

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