Moral and social purpose of education

The 21st century is steeped in claims to interconnection, technological innovation, and new affective intensities amid challenges to the primacy and centrality of "e;the human"e;.

This volume discusses how the lay-person responds to written appeals to his intelligence and feelings with particular emphasis on education and culture.

This much-anticipated fifth edition of Exploring Education offers an alternative to traditional foundations texts by combining a point-of-view analysis with primary source readings.

This book critically analyses how cultural and educational policies construct creativity through a range of concepts and compares this against the open and expansive idea of creativity as experienced by individuals in society more broadly.

'A must-read for anyone genuinely committed to racial equity and representation.

Doing Youth Participatory Action Research offers an unprecedented, in-depth exploration of the pragmatics and possibilities of youth-driven research.

As a distinctive voice in science education writing, Douglas Larkin provides a fresh perspective for science teachers who work to make real science accessible to all K-12 students.

This book shows how creative methods, drawing on innovative arts-based and design-based approaches, can be employed in health education contexts.

Although mindfulness can be located in a number of different traditions and disciplines, it was originally an esoteric and powerful practice based on developing a capacity attainable only by certain people.

Curriculum Implementation Leadership and Equity in Education: Curriculum Struggles and Hopes in Jamaica During the Post-Independence Era takes a critical historical perspective on how curriculum is understood, tracing major national curriculum implementation efforts within primary and secondary schools in Jamaica from the 1970s to 2000s.

This third edition of Official Knowledge, a classic text from one of education's most distinguished scholars, challenges readers to critically examine how certain knowledge comes to be "e;official,"e; and whose agendas this knowledge represents.

First published in 1982, Education and Power remains an important volume for those committed to critical education.

The 'Get to Know Me' series is made up of resources aimed at children with additional needs and those who support them in the classroom.

Making Sense of Mass Education provides an engaging and accessible analysis of traditional issues associated with mass education.

Introducing the New Sexuality Studies: Original Essays is an innovative, reader-friendly collection of essays that introduces the field of sexuality studies to undergraduate students.

Applying Indigenous Research Methods focuses on the question of "e;How"e; Indigenous Research Methodologies (IRMs) can be used and taught across Indigenous studies and education.

COVID-19: Individual Rights and Community Responsibilities provides critical insights into the tensions between individual rights and community responsibilities during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Digital Learning in High-Needs Schools examines the challenges and affordances that arise when high-needs school communities integrate educational technologies into their unique settings.

Expanding the definition and use of literacies beyond verbal and written communication, this book examines contemporary literacies through action-focused analysis of bodies, places, and media.

In the past, and over the last decade in particular, the arts and arts spaces have become integral to the research, theory and practice of adult education.

Originally published in 1988.

Alongside Paulo Freire, Henry A.

Now We Read, We See, We Speak compellingly captures eight women's progress toward empowerment through a Freirean-based literacy class in rural El Salvador and, in the process, provides telling lessons for literacy and adult educators around the world.

In the last four decades, Australia has resettled thousands of African refugees.

This book is an in-depth analysis of the educational development of tribals in India.

This book introduces three new subjects to the context of literacy research-play, the imaginary, and improvisation-and proposes how to incorporate these important concepts into the field as research methods in order to engage people, materials, spaces, and imaginaries that are inherent in every research encounter.

Alex Kelly's internationally renowned TALKABOUT books are a series of practical workbooks designed to develop the self-awareness, self-esteem, and social skills of people with special needs.

The establishment of citizenship education as a compulsory subject has recently been accompanied by the government's policy of 'promoting education with character.

The End of Public Schools analyzes the effect of foundations, corporations, and non-governmental organizations on the rise of neoliberal principles in public education.

Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life?

Currently, many children are unable to access emotional support services, and other members of a child's support network are required to provide this emotional guidance and support.

This book critically explores the role of state schooling in the reproduction of social class inequalities in the UK.

In 1971, priest, theologian, and philosopher Ivan Illich wrote Deschooling Society, a plea to liberate education from schooling and to separate schooling from the state.

In 1971, priest, theologian, and philosopher Ivan Illich wrote Deschooling Society, a plea to liberate education from schooling and to separate schooling from the state.

Ilan Gur-Ze'ev and Education: Pedagogies of Transformation and Peace critically analyses and introduces the main ideas of Ilan Gur-Ze'ev, reflecting on his continuing theoretical and practical relevance to the field of education.

Hope and Healing in Urban Education proposes a new movement of healing justice to repair the damage done by the erosion of hope resulting from structural violence in urban communities.

Unraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege offers fundamental understandings of concepts and frameworks related to diversity and social justice.

Religious Education in Malawi and Ghana contributes to the literature on opportunities and complexities of inclusive approaches to Religious Education (RE).

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.

This book aims to posit theory as a central component to the study of education and education policy.

Concerned with pedagogy and the learning achievement of both girls and boys, this book examines international trends in subject performance throughout schooling and looks critically at a range of interventions in difference contexts and countries, all aimed at enhancing equity in schools and higher education institutions.

Education and Free Will critically assesses and makes use of Spinoza's insights on human freedom to construe an account of education that is compatible with causal determinism without sacrificing the educational goal of increasing students' autonomy and self-determination.

Advancing a rapidly growing field of social science inquiry-the anthropology of policy-this volume extends and solidifies this body of work, focusing on education policy.

Grounded in key sociological theory on the concepts of boundaries, power and control, this text addresses the question of whether the university is thriving or merely surviving.

An island is a world out of time and place, separated by literal and figurative oceans, where the confines of reality are tenuous and magic may be possible.

Dieses Buch untersucht multiperspektivisch die Wirkungsgeschichte der Shoah in verschiedenen Settings von Erziehung und Bildung und reflektiert die bisherige theoretische und empirische Forschung.

Can we teach others how to lead a fulfilling life?

Although many schools and educational systems, from elementary to tertiary level, state that they endorse anti-homophobic policies, pedagogies and programs, there appears to be an absence of education about, and affirmation of, bisexuality and minimal specific attention paid to bi-phobia.