Moral and social purpose of education

This book, first published in 1987, provides a rigorous philosophical analysis of lifelong education.

Urban India is undergoing a rapid transformation, which also encompasses the educational sector.

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.

First published in 1992, this book looks at the interaction between ideals and reality, with the focus upon social inequality and education in modern society, as well as the possibilities for education to lessen the related problems.

This collection aims to explore different conceptions of epistemological inquiry and their influence on pedagogy and the curricular content of primary and secondary education.

Debating Special Education is a provocative yet timely book examining a range of criticisms made of special education in recent years.

This conceptually expansive volume provides a theoretical framework and practical guide for designing and implementing literacy instruction that promotes students' critical metalinguistic awareness in K-12 classroom contexts.

Bringing together twenty years of research and writing, this book provides an overview of Stephen Ball's career and shows not only the development of his most important ideas but also the long-lasting contributions he has made to the field of educational policy analysis.

This book is an exploration of how children, educators, and things become implicated in gendered caring practices.

Class Strategies and the Education Market examines the ways in which the middle classes maintain and improve their social advantages in and through education.

Global Perspectives on International Student Experiences in Higher Education examines a wide range of international student experiences empirically from multiple perspectives that includes socio-cultural identities, contextual influences on their learning experiences, their wellbeing experiences, and their post-study experiences.

Ethnic minorities form a very substantial proportion of the population of China, with over 100 million people in 55 formally designated minority groups inhabiting over 60% of the country's land area.

A guidebook for adults involved in children's sports!

Makers, Crafters, Educators brings the do-it-yourself (DIY) ethos of maker and crafter movements into educational environments, and examines the politics of cultural change that undergird them.

Education Networks is a critical analysis of the emerging intersection among the global power elite, information and communication technology, and schools.

Seit Ende der 1980er Jahre wurde von einer Gruppe von Erziehungswissenschaftler*innen der "bürgerlichen Kälte" (Horkheimer/Adorno) nachgegangen; dabei wurde diese Theoriefigur der Kritischen Theorie erschlossen und ihre Aktualität durch zahlreiche Fallstudien zu typischen Situationen der pädagogischen Praxis aufgewiesen.

Dilemmas surrounding the role for religious beliefs and experiences permeate the school lives of teachers and teacher educators.

This new Reader brings together classic pieces of gender theory, as well as examples of the sophistication of contemporary gender theory and research methodologies in the field of education.

What happens to the liberal arts and science education when universities attempt to sell it as a form of job training?

The World's Fearlessness Teachings addresses the human fear problem in a truly unique and insightful way, summarizing the teachings on fearlessness from around the world and throughout history.

Young Children and the Environment tackles one of the biggest contemporary issues of our times - the changing environment - and demonstrates how early education can contribute to sustainable living.

This collection contributes to an understanding of queer theory as a "e;queer share,"e; addressing the urgent need to redistribute resources in a university world characterized by stark material disparities and embedded gendered, racial, national, and class inequities.

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

Critical race theory (CRT) in education centers, examines and seeks to transform the relationship that undergirds race, racism, and power.

Are our current ways of talking about "e;the problem of adolescence"e; really that different than those of past generations?

This highly topical book integrates theory and practice about children and their education provision in secure accommodation.

In Protectorate Cyprus, education was one of the most effective tools of imperial control and political manipulation used by the British.

In India, two critical aspects of public policy - social justice and higher education - have witnessed unprecedented expansion in recent years.

Heterosexuality is a largely 'silent' set of practices and identities - it is assumed to be everywhere and yet often remains unnamed and unexplored.

Like many countries around the world, China has been implementing policies aimed at improving parent-school relationships.

The educational experiences of youth refugees and asylum seekers during migration, cross-border movements, protracted displacements, and pre-resettlement phases have largely remained as a black box.

Der Holocaust prägt die europäische und israelische Gesellschaft bis heute.

While many accept that math is a universal, culturally indifferent subject in school, this book demonstrates that this is anything but true.

Teaching Black Speculative Fiction: Equity, Justice, and Antiracism edited by KaaVonia Hinton and Karen Michele Chandler offers innovative approaches to teaching Black speculative fiction (e.

Educating for Sustainability presents fundamental principles, theoretical foundations, and practical suggestions for integrating education for sustainability into existing schoolwide systems and programs, organized in three sections: Principles of Education for Sustainability; Fostering a Sustainability Worldview; Learning and Thinking for Sustainability.

This timely book offers a critically important contribution to debates around the meeting place of religious and secular worldviews in education.

A comprehensive guide to using the Social Change Model in all types of curricular and co-curricular settings This book is designed to provide leadership educators with a wealth of classroom and workshop activities, discussion and reflection questions, assignment suggestions, and additional resources such as video clips and supplementary readings.

Philosophy, Dialogue, and Education is an advanced introduction to nine key European social philosophers: Martin Buber, Mikhail Bakhtin, Lev Vygotsky, Hannah Arendt, Emmanuel Levinas, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Simone Weil, Michael Oakeshott, and Jurgen Habermas.

What does it mean to be young, to be economically disadvantaged, and to be subject to constant surveillance both from the formal agencies of the state and from the informal challenge of competing youth groups?

Despite the vast differences between the Right and the Left over the role of education in the production of inequality one common element both sides share is a sense that education can and should do something about society, to either restore what is being lost or radically alter what is there now.

Young people are regarded as vulnerable by the media - often exaggeratedly so.

With a focus on lifelong learning, this book examines the shifts that UNESCO's educational concepts have undergone in reaction to historical pressures and dilemmas since the founding of the organization in 1945.

This book helps meet an urgent need for theorized, accessible and discipline-sensitive publications to assist science, technology, engineering and mathematics educators.

Originally published in 1985, Learning to Read presents a balanced view of contemporary research into the reading process and theories accounting for reading and poor reading.

Human brains are diverse: each one of us has a unique set of connections between billions of nerve cells.

What does 'care' mean in contemporary society?

The major theories explored are those concerned with social mobility and those which derive from a relativist position in Sociology, both of which see education as a selection mechanism for a stratified society.

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.