This edited collection presents several research projects which examine issues concerning professional development, professional learning, and the 'Education for All' (EfA) ethos.
This edited collection presents several research projects which examine issues concerning professional development, professional learning, and the 'Education for All' (EfA) ethos.
Barriers to Inclusion offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany.
Barriers to Inclusion offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany.
Behind the twenty-first-century curtain of "e;colorblind"e; public sentiment lies an often-ignored reality shared by many African American males-racism continues to thrive and often drastically affects their lives.
Behind the twenty-first-century curtain of "e;colorblind"e; public sentiment lies an often-ignored reality shared by many African American males-racism continues to thrive and often drastically affects their lives.
At a time of profound crises around the world, when social justice, peace, democracy and the environment seem under increasing threat, the promise of "e;a world for all"e; seems a viable aspiration for education.
At a time of profound crises around the world, when social justice, peace, democracy and the environment seem under increasing threat, the promise of "e;a world for all"e; seems a viable aspiration for education.
Unfortunately, civic values such as equity and justice that constitute the moral grounding of American democracy are losing their place in public affairs.
Unfortunately, civic values such as equity and justice that constitute the moral grounding of American democracy are losing their place in public affairs.
Addressing ethnic cleansing, culture wars, human sufferings, terrorism, immigration, and intensified xenophobia, "e;The Globalization of Racism"e; explains why it is vital that we gain a nuanced understanding of how ideology underlies all social, cultural, and political discourse and racist actions.
Addressing ethnic cleansing, culture wars, human sufferings, terrorism, immigration, and intensified xenophobia, "e;The Globalization of Racism"e; explains why it is vital that we gain a nuanced understanding of how ideology underlies all social, cultural, and political discourse and racist actions.
This book provides a critical analysis of the origins, nature, development, and transformation of the state and society historically and today, examining the class nature and social basis of politics and the state in different societal settings.
This book provides a critical analysis of the origins, nature, development, and transformation of the state and society historically and today, examining the class nature and social basis of politics and the state in different societal settings.
This book proposes that the collective responsibility of teachers as classroom and school leaders working together to solve their own problems provides the fulcrum of school change.
This book proposes that the collective responsibility of teachers as classroom and school leaders working together to solve their own problems provides the fulcrum of school change.
Exploring how global changes affect education today, in the classroom and in local, national, and international contexts, this book explores the future of education's capacity for effectiveness in multicultural and multilingual contexts.
Exploring how global changes affect education today, in the classroom and in local, national, and international contexts, this book explores the future of education's capacity for effectiveness in multicultural and multilingual contexts.
Home Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA.
Home Schooling and Home Education provides an original account of home education and examines ways in which the discourses of home education are understood and contextualised in different countries, such as the UK and USA.
Confronting Racism in Teacher Education aims to transform systematic and persistent racism through in-depth analyses of racial justice struggles and strategies in teacher education.
Drawing on narratives of five beginning teachers, Millennial Teachers explores the tensions in teachers' young careers and how changing social, economic, and technological conditions of our current era both afford and constrain teachers' identities and in contexts in which they work.
Challenging the normative paradigm that school readiness is a positive and necessary objective for all young children, this book asserts that the concept is a deficit-based practice that fosters the continuation of discriminatory classifications.
Challenging the normative paradigm that school readiness is a positive and necessary objective for all young children, this book asserts that the concept is a deficit-based practice that fosters the continuation of discriminatory classifications.
In this insightful text, the editors reflect on contributions from scholars representing Bangladesh, Greece, India, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK and USA, by showing how the majority of educational and social institutions in both developed and developing countries have failed to overcome the many barriers to an effective integrated system of education, suggesting ways as to how these barriers might be challenged.
In this insightful text, the editors reflect on contributions from scholars representing Bangladesh, Greece, India, Israel, New Zealand, Switzerland, UK and USA, by showing how the majority of educational and social institutions in both developed and developing countries have failed to overcome the many barriers to an effective integrated system of education, suggesting ways as to how these barriers might be challenged.
Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach.
Educating Children with Life-Limiting Conditions supports teachers who are working with children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions in mainstream schools by providing them with the core knowledge and skills that underpin effective practice within a whole-school and cross-agency approach.
Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights.
Dalits, formerly called 'untouchables', remain the most oppressed community in India, and indeed in South Asia and have, until recently, been denied human and civic rights.
Inequalities in educational opportunity have been a persistent feature of all school systems for generations, with conventional explanations of differences in educational attainment tending to be reduced to either quantitative or non-quantitative 'list' theories.
Inequalities in educational opportunity have been a persistent feature of all school systems for generations, with conventional explanations of differences in educational attainment tending to be reduced to either quantitative or non-quantitative 'list' theories.
Feminism, Gender and Universities demonstrates the positive and robust impacts that feminism has had on higher education, through the eyes and in the words of the participants in changing political and social processes.
Feminism, Gender and Universities demonstrates the positive and robust impacts that feminism has had on higher education, through the eyes and in the words of the participants in changing political and social processes.
With contributions by recognised experts in the field of education law, this book is a comparative study of the resolution of special education disputes, including via mediation.
With contributions by recognised experts in the field of education law, this book is a comparative study of the resolution of special education disputes, including via mediation.
Designed to prepare future educators for practice, this text challenges students and offers practical classroom-based strategies for their teaching careers.
Designed to prepare future educators for practice, this text challenges students and offers practical classroom-based strategies for their teaching careers.
