Education for Social Change

Douglas Bourn is Professor of Development Education and Co-Director of the Development Education Research Centre at University College London, UK. He is author of The Theory and Practice of Development Education (2015), editor of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Global Education and Learning (Bloomsbury, 2020), and was previously the editor of the International Journal of Development Education and Global Learning.

• List of FiguresForeword, Tania Ramalho (State University of New York, USA)AcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Changing Role and Relationship of Education to Societal Change2. Education for a Democratic Society3. Education for Liberation4. Education for Socialism and a New Society 5. Education for a Global Society 6. Pedagogy for Global Social Justice7. Education for Transformation, Sustainable Future and Being Global Citizens8. Teachers as Agents of Social Change9. Global Youth Work and Young People as Social Activists10. The Role of the Academic Tutor11. Civil Society Organisations as Agents for Change12. International Organisations, UNESCO, Earth Charter and Putting the Sustainable Development Goals into PracticeConclusion ReferencesIndex

There is growing awareness of the need for constructive social change. Education could play a major role, but what it was missing, is now offered by this must-read book: A pedagogy of global social justice that would empower teachers, academics, and civil society organizations across diverse settings.