Moral and social purpose of education

2018 Clifford G.

How does Christianity change the way we view the natural world?

Advocacy and Policy Change for Undocumented Student Success is a compelling exploration of the undocumented student experience in America, offering a deep dive into the advocacy, education, and systemic challenges faced by undocumented communities.

Teachers are being treated more and more like Cassandra from Greek myth.

Drawing on the author's own experience as a student and a teacher in England and Japan, this book is a comparative study of boys' secondary schools in these two countries.

Education Policy Unravelled examines the nature of contemporary education policy, its purposes and political formation.

This book considers the origins of Froebelian early childhood education providing context to the development of his theories and ideas, critically examines the key themes of this philosophy of education and explores the relevance of Froebelian practice today.

With the publication of Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire established himself as one of the most important and radical educational thinkers of his time.

This edited volume sets out the current issues that face educational administrative processes and resources across the globe and provides implication lead responses for how best to tackle new challenges that arise.

Based on a three-year life story study of students from working-class backgrounds at four elite universities in China, this book offers a new way to understand and be inspired by Bourdieu.

El capitalismo como sistema económico basado en la propiedad privada de los medios de producción, en el libre mercado y en la explotación del trabajo no ha permanecido invariable en el transcurso de la historia.

This book takes a critical and historical perspective in parsing the current state of play for refugee and immigrant students in Germany, addressing federal, state, and institutional innovations as well as gaps in service.

This book offers a treatment of social justice and higher education within small island developing states like the Caribbean.

Belonging in Higher Education: Perspectives and Lessons from Diverse Faculty illuminates autoethnographic stories of belonging in higher education in the United States.

Foundational and accessible, this book equips pre-service and practicing teachers with the knowledge, understanding, tools, and resources they need to help students in grades 4-12 develop reading proficiencies in four core academic subjects-literature, history, science, and mathematics.

In this addition to the acclaimed Engaging Culture series, a highly respected author and Christian thinker offers a principled, biblical perspective on engaging political culture as part of one's calling.

Christianity's demographics, vitality, and influence have tipped markedly toward the global South and East.

Same-sex marriage is here, presenting unique challenges and opportunities.

This provocative book's starting point is a deep and profound concern about the commodification of knowledge within the contemporary university.

What is a liberal arts education?

This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies.

'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education TheoryToday, community colleges enroll 40% of all undergraduates in the United States.

The simple premise of this book is that the purpose of education is to serve the well-being of students.

This innovative book examines the aesthetic event of education.

Schooling for Social Change offers fresh perspectives on the emerging field of human rights education in India.

This challenging and provocative book reimagines the justification, substance, process, and study of education in open, pluralistic, liberal democratic societies.

What will it take for the American people to enact a more democratic version of themselves?

In this concise and accessible text, Peter Mayo outlines some of the major concepts in Freire's praxis.

Schooling for Social Change offers fresh perspectives on the emerging field of human rights education in India.

We live in a time when those who wield unrestrained power believe they have the inalienable right to determine the destiny, nature and shape of social institutions like schools.

What will it take for the American people to enact a more democratic version of themselves?

'Honorable Mention' 2016 PROSE Award - Education TheoryToday, community colleges enroll 40% of all undergraduates in the United States.

What is a liberal arts education?

This innovative book examines the aesthetic event of education.

The simple premise of this book is that the purpose of education is to serve the well-being of students.

We live in a time when those who wield unrestrained power believe they have the inalienable right to determine the destiny, nature and shape of social institutions like schools.

"Te invito a caminar juntos este libro, como un sueño de encuentro atemporal.

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Through multiple narratives reflecting the complexity of participatory action research partnerships for social justice, this book sheds light on the dialogic spaces that intentionally support community literacies and rhetorical practices for inquiry and change.

This title, first published in 1990, examines the work of teachers in the classroom and the school from a sociological perspective.

This title, first published in 1990, examines the work of teachers in the classroom and the school from a sociological perspective.

Engaging Youth in Activism, Research and Pedagogical Praxis: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Sex, and Race offers critical perspectives on contemporary research and practice directed at young people across the global north and south.

Engaging Youth in Activism, Research and Pedagogical Praxis: Transnational and Intersectional Perspectives on Gender, Sex, and Race offers critical perspectives on contemporary research and practice directed at young people across the global north and south.

Future Directions of Educational Change brings together timely discussions on social justice, professional capital, and systems change from some of the leading scholars in the field of education.

Future Directions of Educational Change brings together timely discussions on social justice, professional capital, and systems change from some of the leading scholars in the field of education.

Emerging from a Marxist perspective, this book focuses on the importance of social class and the role of education broadly in relation to the possibility of revolutionary change in Sweden and beyond.

This book explores the usage and significance of the word "e;like"e; across a wide range of disciplines, focusing in particular on its influence in education and pedagogy.

This book explores the usage and significance of the word "e;like"e; across a wide range of disciplines, focusing in particular on its influence in education and pedagogy.

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded from science education and communication.

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded from science education and communication.