Moral panics and school educational policy
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Moral panics and school educational policy
(Routledge research in education policy and politics)
Routledge, 2018
- : hbk
- : ebk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Moral panic theory and school education
- Alcohol and drug education
- Physical fitness and obesity
- Sexuality education
- Racism and islamophobia
- Pedagogy and curriculum
- Media and youth
- Teaching standards, assessment and testing regimes
- Buildings and school facilities
- Bringing it all together
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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: hbk ISBN 9781138078888
Description
How do the moral panics that have plagued school education since it's nineteenth-century beginnings impact current school education policy? Research has shown young people to be particularly vulnerable to moral panics and, with the rise of social media, the impact of moral panics on school education is growing exponentially. Increasingly, they are reaching into the highest levels of national governments and, so powerful are their effects, some politicians choose to orchestrate them for their own political ends. For many educational administrators, the management of the 'fallout' of moral panics has become a time-consuming part of their day, as well as being a problematic time for parents, teachers and students.
First developed by British and Canadian sociologists such as Stanley Cohen (1972), moral panic theory has evolved substantially since its early focus on adolescent deviant behaviour, and is now a part of common media talk. This book addresses the need for a single monograph on the topic, with reference to historical moral panics such as those associated with sexuality education, but also wider societal moral panics such as those associated with obesity. Teachers, students, indeed all members of school communities, along with educational administrators and politicians can learn from this study of the impact of moral panics on school educational policy.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Moral panic theory and school education
Chapter 2. Alcohol and illicit drug education
Chapter 3. Physical fitness and obesity
Chapter 4. Sexuality education
Chapter 5. Racism and Islamophobia
Chapter 6. Pedagogy and curriculum
Chapter 7. Media and youth
Chapter 8. Teaching standards, assessment and testing regimes
Chapter 9. Buildings and school facilities
Chapter 10. Bringing it all together
- Volume
-
: ebk ISBN 9781315114477
Description
How do the moral panics that have plagued school education since it’s nineteenth-century beginnings impact current school education policy? Research has shown young people to be particularly vulnerable to moral panics and, with the rise of social media, the impact of moral panics on school education is growing exponentially. Increasingly, they are reaching into the highest levels of national governments and, so powerful are their effects, some politicians choose to orchestrate them for their own political ends. For many educational administrators, the management of the `fallout’ of moral panics has become a time-consuming part of their day, as well as being a problematic time for parents, teachers and students.
First developed by British and Canadian sociologists such as Stanley Cohen (1972), moral panic theory has evolved substantially since its early focus on adolescent deviant behaviour, and is now a part of common media talk. This book addresses the need for a single monograph on the topic, with reference to historical moral panics such as those associated with sexuality education, but also wider societal moral panics such as those associated with obesity. Teachers, students, indeed all members of school communities, along with educational administrators and politicians can learn from this study of the impact of moral panics on school educational policy.
Table of Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1. Moral panic theory and school education
Chapter 2. Alcohol and illicit drug education
Chapter 3. Physical fitness and obesity
Chapter 4. Sexuality education
Chapter 5. Racism and Islamophobia
Chapter 6. Pedagogy and curriculum
Chapter 7. Media and youth
Chapter 8. Teaching standards, assessment and testing regimes
Chapter 9. Buildings and school facilities
Chapter 10. Bringing it all together
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