Martin Luther King “Now is the time” - His Dream to Influence Education Today /

• Main Author: Herbert, Angela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Education,
• Subjects: Education.; Educational policy.; ducation and state.; Educational sociology.; Church and education.; Social structure.; Social inequality.; Education and sociology.; Sociology, Educational.; Educational Policy and Politics.; Religion and Education.; Social Structure, Social Inequality.; Sociology of Education.

This book explores the significance of Dr Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I have a dream’ speech and the continued legacy to education and academia demonstrated through the study of his life, achievements, works and ultimate assassination, which are included in social studies and history as part of the curr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Martin Luther King Jr. – Identity is key
• Chapter 2
• Chapter 2: Educated in a Segregated System
• Chapter 3 The Impact of Faith and Religion on Education (Faith Schools and Religious Education)
• Chapter 4 Discrimination and the urgent need to Combat Social Exclusion
• Chapter 5 An exploration of prison education and its impact on reducing re-offending through employment
• Chapter 6 ‘Now is the Time for Change. .