Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities in UK Education ─ Tensions and Inequalities

Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities in UK Education is an exploration of the complex education systems in the UK in relation to roles, rights and responsibilities that teases out contemporary dilemmas for all those involved in the structures and processes of learning. The UK education system, in spite of political rhetoric and changes in policy and reams of research, continues to a large extent to produce and reproduce social inequalities. McQueen explains some of the tensions and inequalities that are an inevitable part of any system, which vary in the degree of impetus for change or the benefit or harm that they cause to individuals, communities and society. She offers a philosophical perspective on the tensions and inequalities found throughout the book, and shows the reader how they are bound up with the possibilities and demands for institutional, social and individual recognition that continue to dominate education systems in the United Kingdom.

Hilary McQueen has taught in secondary, further and higher education, most recently working for the Institute of Education, UK, and the Open University, UK. She has written a number of chapters and journal articles about aspects of education and is co-author of Key Concepts in Philosophy (2010).