Working-class high school learners' challenge to change : insights from the equal education movement in South Africa

Date
2016
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
University of South Africa Press
Abstract
Hargreaves (2002) suggested that vigorous social movements have the potential to improve the quality of (and increase the equity in) public education. This paper explores the role of Equal Education, an education social movement in South Africa led by university students and secondary school learners, in the process of educational change. Drawing on interviews with the organisation’s founding members, organisers and secondary school learners, the paper examines how the organisation/social movement embodies what Oakes and Rogers (2007) describe as ‘learning power’ and in the process contribute to improvement in public education.
Description
CITATION: Robins, S. L. & Fleisch, B. 2016. Working-class high school learners' challenge to change : insights from the equal education movement in South Africa. Education as Change, 20(2):145–162, doi:10.17159/1947-9417/2016/877.
The original publication is available at https://upjournals.co.za/index.php/EAC
Keywords
Education -- Social aspects, Education -- South Africa, Educational equalization -- South Africa
Citation
Robins, S. L. & Fleisch, B. 2016. Working-class high school learners' challenge to change : insights from the equal education movement in South Africa. Education as Change, 20(2):145–162, doi:10.17159/1947-9417/2016/877.