MARXISM AND EDUCATION: RENEWING DIALOGUES IX

Education and Social Class

A DAY SEMINAR

Wednesday 25th October 2006
9.00 – 5.00, ROOM TBA
School of Education Foundations & Policy Studies
University of London, Institute of Education
20 Bedford Way, London WC1

9.00 – 9.30

Registration

9.30 – 10.00

Introduction and Announcements:
Tony Green (University of London, Institute of Education) and Glenn Rikowski (University of Northampton)

10.00 – 10.30

Gillian Evans (Brunel University)
Educational Failure and Working Class White Children in Britain

10.30 – 11.00

Carole Leathwood (London Metropolitan University)
Social Class and Access to Higher Education

11.00 – 11.30

Dave Hill (University of Northampton)
Education, Class, and Capital in Neoliberal Globalisation: Some Implications for Social Class Analysis and Analysts

11.30 – 12.00

Dennis Hayes (Canterbury Christ Church University)
From Social Revolt to Self-harm: Whatever Happened to the Working Class?

12.00 – 1.00

LUNCH

1.00 – 1.30

Ken Roberts (University of Liverpool)
Education and Social Class: Refocusing the Research and Policy Agendas

1.30 – 2.00

Valerie Hey (Brunel University)
‘Is a Marxist to Masculinity what a Feminist is to Poststructuralism?’ Reflecting on the Disappointment of Dialectics

2.00 – 2.30

Carlo Raffo (University of Manchester)
Education and Poverty – Mapping the Terrain

2.30 – 3.00

Lyn Tett (University of Edinburgh)
Adult Literacy, Knowledge and Class

3.00 – 3.15

BREAK

3.15 – 3.45

David Black (Editor of The Hobgoblin: A Journal of Marxist-Humanism)
What is Value? A Question for Educators

3.45 – 4.15

Glenn Rikowski (University of Northampton)
Ten Points on Marx, Class and Education

4.15 – 4.30

BREAK

4.30 – 5.00

PLENARY – OPEN DISCUSSION

The Seminar is free, but places are limited. To reserve a place, please contact Glenn Rikowski at: Rikowskigr@aol.com