Moral and social purpose of education

Originally published in 1973 Knowledge, Education and Cultural Change surveys the present state of the field of the sociology of education.

Conceptually rich and grounded in cutting-edge research, this book addresses the often-overlooked roles and implications of diversity and indigeneity in curriculum.

The Doctoral Journey as an Emotional, Embodied, Political Experience is the first text of its kind to capture stories of involvement in doctoral journeys from students, supervisors, and examiners.

Presenting original quantitative and qualitative data from a large-scale empirical research project conducted in British secondary schools, Reassessing 'Ability' Grouping analyses the impact of attainment grouping on pupil outcomes, teacher effectiveness and social equality.

Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years), situated in different geographic, cultural, linguistic, political, and socioeconomic sites on six continents, this book examines the interplay of childhoods, schooling, and, literacies.

Although specific definitions may change over time, few goals are considered more important to education than the pursuit of academic excellence.

Youth resistance has become a pressing global phenomenon, to which many educators and researchers have looked for inspiration and/or with chagrin.

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Do private and philanthropic solutions to the problems of education signal the end of state education in itswelfare form?

Leadership in universities is physically, intellectually and emotionally demanding work.

First published in 1987, this book offers an ideological critique of the new sociology of education, with the aim to redeem understanding of the social and historical character of knowledge.

Paradoxes of Democracy, Leadership and Education engages both critically and creatively with important social, political and educational issues, and argues that the organisational forms of contemporary schooling are caught up in politically significant contradictions.

This volume presents an interdisciplinary framework to map out contemporary educational studies in India.

Reconceptualizing STEM Education explores and maps out research and development ideas and issues around five central practice themes: Systems Thinking; Model-Based Reasoning; Quantitative Reasoning; Equity, Epistemic, and Ethical Outcomes; and STEM Communication and Outreach.

Do you know what makes boys tick?

Nurturing Mobilities employs new empirical material and an innovative theoretical framing to bring new clarity to why families travel today - and what happens when they do.

First published in Portuguese in 1968, Pedagogy of the Oppressed was translated and published in English in 1970.

The background to this book, first published in 1986, and its underlying concern lies with those aspects of education which relate to values.

Using critical race theory and whiteness studies as theoretical frameworks, this book traces two Latina bilingual education teachers in three different professional phases: as paraprofessionals, teacher candidates, and certified teachers.

One of the five books in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teacher Toolkit, this practical resource focuses on the topic of 'Skills for Learning'.

First published in 2009, this ground-breaking work introduced a new field in Africana studies and laid the groundwork for positioning the teachings of Elijah Muhammad in academia.

Indigenous Children's Survivance in Public Schools examines the cultural, social, and political terrain of Indigenous education by providing accounts of Indigenous students and educators creatively navigating the colonial dynamics within public schools.

Labouring to Learn examines academic mobility pathways among ethnic minority Tamil youths in public secondary schools and vocational institutions in Singapore.

Since the early 2000s, social innovation has become increasingly relevant in the political and research debates on welfare state transformations.

Creating an Inclusive School Climate introduces school psychology stakeholders to a wealth of foundations, individualized experiences, and school improvement efforts intended to bolster the outcomes of our most vulnerable learners.

For nearly 200 years the organisational form of the school has changed little.

The idea of citizenship and conceptions of what it means to be a good citizen have evolved over time.

The fourth edition of the Handbook of Educational Psychology, sponsored by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association, addresses new developments in educational psychology theory and research methods while honoring the legacy of the field's past.

The role of therapy in schools is a topic that has been significantly under-researched and often overlooked.

How can adults in Early Years settings and primary schools fully embrace the diverse nature of family life of the children they are working with?

The past two decades have seen exponential growth of urbanisation and migration in China.

This synthesis of the latest knowledge on homework presents unique findings by researchers from various countries and diverse professional backgrounds.

This book illuminates the experiences of a set of students and faculty who are members of the Dalit caste - commonly known as the 'untouchables' - and are relatively 'successful' in that they attend or are academics at a prestigious university.

This volume presents the history of Western education through the biographies of some 70 individuals, past and present, who exemplify the education of their times or have made important contributions to the development of educational theory or practice.

Originally published in 1981.

How can schools best prepare themselves to successfully educate refugee children?

Alternative Approaches to Education provides parents and teachers with information and guidance on different education options in the UK and further afield.

This book presents a child-centred approach to migrant children's experiences in education.

A timely enquiry into the disjuncture between schooling and society, this book aims to examine the specific spatialities and temporalities of modern schooling through which non-normative childhoods are constructed as the 'provincial other'.

This study of Edgewood Academy--a private, elite college preparatory high school--examines what moral choices look like when they are made by the participants in an exceptionally wealthy school, and what the very existence of a privileged school indicates about American society.

By drawing on qualitative research conducted in universities in Cyprus, this book presents an account of life in the academy from a feminist perspective.

Building on earlier publications by Harry Daniels, Vygotsky and Sociology provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L.

2024 Recipient of The Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award!

School Consultation in a Global Context provides theoretical foundations, empirical research, lessons learned, and implications for practice in school consultation across distinct cultures and national borders.

Posing fundamental questions around the worth of knowledge creation and the social value of in-depth research, this volume offers a novel approach by exploring why impact is important in academic research, rather than explaining how it should be conducted.

Indigenous scholars have been gathering, speaking, and writing about Indigenous knowledge for decades.

International interest focuses on why pupils from East-Asia tend to outperform pupils from the West and scholars have proposed a number of possible explanations to account for these international trends.

Building on earlier publications by Harry Daniels, Vygotsky and Sociology provides readers with an overview of the implications for research of the theoretical work which acknowledges a debt to the writings of L.