Like other western nations such as the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia's
record of education outcomes for marginalized groups is troubling, whether the comparisons …

This article reflects on what doing critical policy sociology means in shifting theoretical,
empirical and methodological contexts of education. We focus our analytical lens on two …

In the global phenomenon of widening participation policy in higher education, lower
retention rates for students from less advantaged socio-economic circumstances have …

Selma Macfarlane, PhD has been involved in social work education for 20 years, primarily
as a Lecturer at Deakin University in Geelong, Victoria. She has publications in the areas of …

This study presents an analysis of hidden elitism in music education through the free choice
argument–that individuals are fundamentally free to choose to study music–as a meritocratic …

Narratives became a useful vehicle to research and capture the lived experiences of young
people from particular social groups who were marginalised and excluded from higher …

Ideas about merit and the associated notion of a meritocracy have long been drawn upon to
frame and understand a range of issues central to education policy. Little attention, however …

Purpose The study aims to highlight and understand, and bring the human agency into the
debate on the theory of normative control. While, the previous literature has highlighted the …

This paper uses posthumanism as the theoretical framing to understand the curriculum
transformations towards creating sustainable learning environments at some higher …

Youth unemployment has become one of the most popular educational research areas, at
global, national and local levels. In the international development agenda, lifelong learning …