Moral and social purpose of education

This book is the first publication to devote serious attention to the history of home education from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth century.

Literature, literacy, and citizenship took on new and contested meanings in early twentieth-century Canada, particularly in frontier work camps.

From its origins in the University of Birmingham's then Institute of Education in 1948, Educational Review has emerged as a leading international journal for generic educational research.

In Right to be Hostile, scholar and activist Erica Meiners offers concrete examples and new insights into the "e;school to prison' pipeline phenomenon, showing how disciplinary regulations, pedagogy, pop culture and more not only implicitly advance, but actually normalize an expectation of incarceration for urban youth.

This timely volume presents powerful stories told by Black families and students who have successfully negotiated a racially fraught, affluent, and diverse suburban school district in America, to illustrate how they have strategically contested sanctioned racist practices and forged a path for students to achieve a high-quality education.

Communitarianism, as a movement, is clearly a dominant theme within New Labour's educational policy.

Growing numbers of human beings live with profound and multiple learning difficulties and disabilities.

Inside/Outside is a unique educational resource for those working with young people of secondary school age, providing a variety of tried-and-tested indoor and outdoor lessons and activities to promote and embed emotional literacy.

Whilst there is an extensive body of research exploring the barriers to gender equality and female empowerment in high-income states, there are far fewer systematic analyses within lower-income settings.

Informed by the experiences of 772 Black churches, this book relies on a multidisciplinary, mixed-methodological lens to examine how today's Black churches address the religious and non-religious educational and broader socialization needs of youth.

Over the last three decades, a number of reforms have taken place in European social policy with an impact on the opportunities for persons with disabilities to be full and active members of society.

Ethics and the Good Nurse draws on internationally leading empirical research conducted by the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues and explores nursing as a virtuous profession through a close examination of nurses' character.

This innovative, accessible book is an introduction to using digital storytelling in language teaching, with a focus on English as an Additional Language (EAL) instruction.

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Based on a critical Marxist ethnography, conducted at a state primary school in a former coalmining community in the north of England, this book provides insight into teachers' perceptions of the effects of deindustrialisation on education for the working class.

In Identity-Affirming Literacies in Schools, Chantal Francois and Jen McLaughlin Cahill combine their teaching, leadership, and research at Pearl Street Collaborative School in New York City to provide an intimate portrayal of what it means to strive toward a humanizing literacy pedagogy.

This volume brings together significant findings, approaches, and research-based pedagogies on teaching and learning source-based writing.

This book exemplifies the nurturing spirit of inter-discursive debate with a view to opening up new theoretical and empirical insights, understanding, and engagement, with debates on issues relating to pedagogy, policy, equity and embodiment.

Disaffected pupils respond well in circumstances where they feel secure, where they have a sense of being valued and respected, and where they perceive there to be opportunities for them to succeed.

Decolonial Arts Praxis: Transnational Pedagogies and Activism illustrates the productive potential of critical arts pedagogies in the ongoing work of decolonization by engaging art, activism, and transnational feminisms.

Making an important contribution to the growing body of literature addressing the issue of sustainability in the Early Years, Sandra Smidt provides a highly accessible text examining the philosophical, political, economic, social and cultural aspects of sustainability impacting on very young children today.

In the face of a world in crisis, Digitalization and Learning as a Worlding Practice: Why Dialogue Matters examines the significance of digital technologies in human learning.

This book was the first to provide a comprehensive survey of linguistic research into African-American English and is widely recognised as a classic in the field.

Designed for introductory research courses in the professional fields and social sciences, this text acquaints students and beginning researchers with a broad view of research methodologies and an understanding of the assumptions that inform each of these approaches.

The importance of early childhood care and education (ECCE) in the lives of very young children is gaining increasing attention around the globe and yet there is a persistent lack of diverse knowledge perspectives on this critical phase.

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First published in 1973, Reason and Compassion showcases a collection of lectures by Professor Richard S.

Originally published 1987 Schooling Ordinary Kids looks at the 'invisible majority' of ordinary working-class pupils.

The Literary Agenda is a series of short polemical monographs about the importance of literature and of reading in the wider world and about the state of literary education inside schools and universities.

For at least a decade, university foreign language programs have been in decline throughout the English-speaking world.

Moral Development offers a comprehensive overview of classic and current theories of moral development and applications of these theories in various counseling and educational settings.

Original blurb: "e;The volume of writing on educational topics has increased so prodigiously in recent years that the student is likely to lose himself in a sea of print.

Jugamos a ser Superhéroes destaca el enorme potencial que tiene este juego imaginativo a la hora de fomentar el aprendizaje.

Shortlisted for BBC Radio 4's Thinking Allowed's second Ethnography Awards in partnership with the British Sociological Association!

This book brings together voices from the Global South and Global North to think through what it means, in practice, to decolonise contemporary higher education.

This book shares advice, how-to's, validations, and cautionary tales based on minoritized students' recent experiences in doctoral studies.

Education Reform and Social Change is about addressing and changing the structures, policies, and practices of schools that differentially advantage white, middle class, native English speakers over students of color for whom English may be a second or additional language.

This book traces the notion of care and civic values in education that are largely devalued today by neoliberal economic concerns.

Educational Trends Exposed explains and critically reviews eighteen of the most prevalent trends sweeping schools, colleges and universities over the last decade and beyond.

The 'Get to Know Me' resources aim to support children, with those around them, who may have additional/special educational needs.

Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research is a collection of essays from the British Sociological Association and Social Science Research Council.

The first part of this book charts and analyses 2,688 working days of 384 teachers in 91 LEAs in 1991.

Place- and community-based education - an approach to teaching and learning that starts with the local - addresses two critical gaps in the experience of many children now growing up in the United States: contact with the natural world and contact with community.

To get the full Being With Our Feelings experience, this book can be purchased alongside the storybooks.

This book explores the challenge of dismantling colonial schooling and how entangled power relations of the past have lingered in post-apartheid South Africa.

This book shows how to create a mentally healthy school by empowering young people to champion emotional wellbeing and positive mental health.

Encouraging Diversity in Higher Education: Supporting Student Success provides an overview of the widening participation movement in Higher Education in the United Kingdom, United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Critical Analysis of Parental Involvement in School presents in-depth explorations of parental involvement within culturally distinct contexts.