Autor: Robert Hattam

John Smyth is Research Professor of Education, Faculty of Education & Arts, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He is the inter-disciplinary Research Theme Leader for Addressing Disadvantage and Inequality in Education and Health. His research interests are in policy sociology, policy ethnography, social justice and sociology of education. Barry Down is the City of Rockingham Chair in Education at Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia. His research focuses on young people“s lives in the context of shifts in the global economy, employment, poverty and disengagement. Peter McInerney is Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Faculty of Education & Arts, Federation University Australia, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. His research interests are forms of school reform that promote social justice. Robert Hattam is Associate Professor and Associate Head of School (Research), School of Education, University of South Australia. His research interests are in socially critical research, sociology of education, and social justice.