Social justice in the analysis of educational policies: a look from the work of Stephen Ball

Authors

  • Debie Buelto Harry Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán
  • Orlando David Murillo Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán
  • Zuleyma Isabel Peña Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán
  • Cecilia Alejandra Mejía Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v24i38.6775

Keywords:

educational policy, social justice, the State, neoliberalism and educational reform

Abstract

This article analyzes Stephen Ball’s perspective on social justice in the study of educational policies related to: micro-politics, choice of school by parents, neoliberalism, role of the state, philanthropy, educational reforms, its impact on school life and its constant interpretation by the different educational actors.

The notion of social justice in Ball’s writings on educational policies is characterized by the search for mechanisms that allow empowering an educator, an institution or region so that it can reach an acceptable level of development, its vision is identified with a broad vision on the problems of equality and social equity in the school and its social context, the inequalities in school access, the social inclusion of historically marginalized sectors and the reduction of social gaps, among others.

It also traces the change of the idea of education as a public value to one centered on the market, referred to by Stephen Ball as excluding, by characterizing strategies that privatize public education.

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Author Biographies

Debie Buelto Harry, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Estudiantes de la I Promoción del Doctorado Latinoamericano en Políticas Públicas y Formación Docente

Orlando David Murillo, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Estudiantes de la I Promoción del Doctorado Latinoamericano en Políticas Públicas y Formación Docente

Zuleyma Isabel Peña, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Estudiantes de la I Promoción del Doctorado Latinoamericano en Políticas Públicas y Formación Docente

Cecilia Alejandra Mejía, Universidad Pedagógica Nacional Francisco Morazán

Estudiantes de la I Promoción del Doctorado Latinoamericano en Políticas Públicas y Formación Docente

Published

2018-11-28

How to Cite

Buelto Harry, D., Murillo, O. D., Peña, Z. I., & Mejía, C. A. (2018). Social justice in the analysis of educational policies: a look from the work of Stephen Ball. Paradigma: Revista De Investigación Educativa, 24(38), 112–128. https://doi.org/10.5377/paradigma.v24i38.6775

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