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On Social Justice and Schooling

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This chapter draws together the perspectives presented in this book and revisits the themes of social justice established in Chap. 1, in order to provide some salient lessons for mainstream schooling that might be re-imagined for social justice in the interests of those most disadvantaged. It shares some final thoughts that illustrate the importance of inclusive and democratic schooling for all young people and considers how the policies, philosophies and practices of Music Industry College might be taken up and realised in other educational contexts.

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  1. School of Teacher Education and Early Childhood, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Queensland, Australia

    Stewart Riddle

  2. School of Linguistics, Adult and Specialist Education, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Central, Queensland, Australia

    David Cleaver

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Riddle, S., Cleaver, D. (2017). On Social Justice and Schooling. In: Alternative Schooling, Social Justice and Marginalised Students. Palgrave Studies in Alternative Education. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58990-9_6

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