Achieving changes to education practices and structures is a significant issue facing reformers internationally, and researchers have confronted how such changes, and the conditions for these, might be conceptualized. These issues resonate particularly as researchers grapple with imagining a post-COVID-19 landscape where social and educational…

This expository paper critically examines the value of school geography in social debates that have a direct significance for the lives of young people. Migration is chosen as a focus, both because it is a defining feature of everyday life and the world we live in, and an area of research and debate in the discipline of geography. We draw on two…

It is argued that English higher education has historically had structural features that isolate it from other aspects of society, but that the social basis for exclusionism is being eroded and circumstances are right for a fundamental shift toward greater accessibility. Taking advantage of the pressure toward vocationalism is recommended.…

Studied 51 imprisoned male offenders who reported having stopped or reduced their alcohol consumption without formal intervention to discover which self-control strategies helped them change. Most commonly used strategies involved social change: finding alternative activities, avoiding heavy-drinking friends, and avoiding situations where heavy…

This monograph on international disability issues offers three main papers giving English, Australian, and New Zealand viewpoints. The first paper is by Len Barton from England and is titled "Disability and the Necessity for a Socio-Political Perspective." Barton attacks the medical model of disability and argues that people with…