Learning, Identity, and Difference

Peter Mayo is a Professor and the UNESCO Chair in Global Adult Education at the University of Malta.

• Section 1. Itinerant Sociologist Chapter 1. Introduction: Mary Darmanin. An Engaged Sociologist; Peter Mayo Chapter 2. Professor Mary Darmanin: A Sociologist of Education of Universal Intellectual and Research Interests and of Forensic Critical Insights; Gerald GraceChapter 3. Divergent Pathways: The Sociology of Education and Initial Teacher Education in Malta, England and Wales; John FurlongSection 2. Learning and Difference Chapter 4. The Resistible Rise of Additional Support Needs in Scotland; Sheila RiddellChapter 5. Promoting Gender Equality at the University of Malta; JosAnn CutajarChapter 6. The Positive and Negative Experiences of Gay and Lesbian Married Couples in the Maltese Educational System: A Critical Pedagogical Perspective; Manuel Joseph Ellul and Judy MagriChapter 7. "White, Straight and Catholic”: Is There Space for Other Identities in Maltese State Schools?; Louise Chircop Chapter 8. Protestantism, Ethnicity, and the Spirit of Capitalism; Ursula Apitzsch Section 3. Critical Pedagogy, Literacy and CurriculaChapter 9. The 1958 Riots in Malta: Teaching Silenced History in Maltese School Classrooms; Yosanne VellaChapter 10. Arguing Back: Challenging Classist Discourses through Critical Pedagogies; Lyn TettChapter 11. Lessons from Apprenticeship: Mentoring in Craft Knowledge; Liv MjeldeChapter 12. Transforming Education in Malta through Educational Neuroscience; Erika Galea Chapter 13. Il Maestro Alberto Manzi: An Advocate of the Development of Literacy in Italy and of Popularisation of Education; Sandro CaruanaChapter 14. Epilogue; Mary Darmanin