The School of Education is pleased to be hosting Professor Michael Apple as Visiting Professor during June. Professor Apple holds one of the most prestigious chairs at the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he is the John Bascom Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies. He has written extensively on the politics of educational reform and on the relationship between culture and power and has published in excess of 300 journal articles and 40 books, some of which are recognised internationally as seminal texts. His work has been extremely influential in the creation of new models of research and the development of more critically democratic educational policies and practices. 

During his visit to Strathclyde, Professor Apple will deliver a public lecture.

Are Current Educational Reforms Really Democratic?

In many nations throughout the world, reforms in education are being pushed forward that promise to 'enhance democracy'.  These reforms have had significant effects on what counts as a good school, a good student, a good teacher, and good teacher education.  Yet, in all too many cases they also have produced more, not less inequality.  In the process, they have shifted our understanding of the very nature of democracy from 'thick' fully participatory forms to 'thin' versions that do not necessarily result in more robust policies for social justice.

The lecture will take place on 16 June at 6pm in the Technology and Innovation Centre (TIC), 99 George Street, Glasgow, G1 1RD.  

Registration and refreshments from 5.30pm.  The lecture starts at 6pm with drinks and receptions 7-7.30pm.

Register for the event by Friday 3 June 2016.

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