Philosophy and theory of education

White Folks explores the experiences and stories of eight white people from a small farming community in northern Wisconsin.

On the occasion of the retirement of Paul Smeyers, this book considers the state and status of the philosophy and history of education today.

This volume outlines powerful theoretical and methodological approaches for expanding the possibilities of educational research.

Schools of To-morrow and The Schools of Utopia argue that education and learning are social and interactive processes, and thus the school itself is a social institution through which social reform can and should take place.

Offering insights into the current and projected future state of the education system in Vietnam, this edited volume is an authoritative sourcebook for scholars, policy analysts, academic staff, and students.

How can the lived experience of practitioners illuminate the complexities of emotional and ethical care in managing a day care nursery?

This book is a theological and political exploration of how Christianity may be compatible with polytheism, arguing that there is no singular "e;orthodoxy"e;, rather we see "e;polydoxy"e;.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the advances that have taken place in European higher education institutions (HEIs) over the last 20 years in response to the challenges of sustainable development.

Disinformation Debunked: Building Resilience through Media and Information Literacy examines the way media and information literacy (MIL) can address disinformation in conjunction with fact-checkers and developers, to benefit from the expertise of these fields in fighting disinformation.

Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions Through Art?

This book discusses microtonal tunings in the Arabic maqam, prevalent in the Middle East and Central Asia, which employs microtonal intervals from Pythagorean tuning by perfect fifths.

Originally published in 1951, in Lawn Tennis Mr Hankinson produced something that was outstandingly original at the time.

Against a background of press reports of declining literacy standards, there is a dominant idea that both the responsibility for literacy learning and the key to literacy success lies as much within the family as in the school.

This book explores the educational dimension of people's engagement with the ocean.

Transformative Practice in Critical Media Literacy brings together a diverse selection of essays to examine the knowledge production crisis in higher education and the role that news media and technology play in this process.

Transformative Practice in Critical Media Literacy brings together a diverse selection of essays to examine the knowledge production crisis in higher education and the role that news media and technology play in this process.

Queering the Stage: Inclusive Approaches to Performing Gender and Sexuality addresses a history of stereotyping and provides inclusive approaches to navigating gender and sexuality in a way that does not reduce the broad spectrum of LGBTQ+ communities into a single monolith.

Highlights innovative partnership practices that help create educational opportunities for students in rural schools across the United States.

Featuring current information and challenging perspectives on the latest issues and forces shaping the American educational system-with scholarship that is often cited as a primary source-Joel Spring introduces readers to the historical, political, social and legal foundations of education and to the profession of teaching in the United States.

Comparative Psychology and Educational Outcomes is designed to empower educators to lead with wisdom, strengthen their belief that all students can learn at high standards, and create a vision of excellence that becomes actionable, allowing us to be difference makers in the lives of all learners.

This book asserts that authority is a contested category and explores why traditional notions of authority are increasingly in tension with progressive and postmodern claims, devolving into stalemate, schizophrenia, or power plays.

A methodology for using philosophy to guide teaching preparation and practice

Over half of England's secondary schools are now academies.

Rural Education and Queer Identities: Rural and (Out)Rooted explores the facets and intersections of rural education and Queer identities.

Wouldn't it be great if you could equip your school and yourself to face whatever the future might throw at you!

Over the last forty years, the International Journal of Lifelong Education has become a global leader in the field of research on adult education and lifelong learning.

In this book, I will touch on vital topics about witchcraft, envy, and harm to the jinn.

The largest specialization in faculties of education in Canada is curriculum studies.

This book provides a broad introduction to the critical work of leading Australian educator Garth Boomer, widely recognised as a significant figure in English teaching.

This book presents an exploration of how Golden Age detective fiction encounters educational ideas, particularly those forged by the transformative educational policymaking of the interwar period.

This resource is for any busy teacher looking to enrich their lesson planning and support the development of critical thinking, problem-solving, and metacognition skills.

This volume focuses on the need to establish good leadership in academic settings and higher education institutions in India.

Addressing the debate around what makes a good citizen, this work proposes a new form of post-colonial citizenship education which can be applied in any cultural setting.

Using the drama classroom to shape an active, student-centred space and foster a new perspective for understanding the dramatherapeutic change-process, this book explores the processes that underpin the ways young people negotiate and perform their identities as ethical people.

The twists and turns and influences of life that helped shape the career of this award-winning school administrator form a story worth telling and sharing with anyone who works or aspires to a career in education.

Jean-Jacques Rousseaus Werk 'Emile oder über die Erziehung' ist ein Meisterwerk der pädagogischen Literatur.

In this volume, we have chosen to highlight the importance of education to human rights by reprinting two articles written by Paulo Freire (1921-1997) in 1970 for the Harvard Educational Review.

Wide-ranging and ambitious, Justice combines moral philosophy and Christian ethics to develop an important theory of rights and of justice as grounded in rights.

Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain's national correspondence - TV - radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees.

This edited volume explores the educational reforms and challenges in higher education in the Gulf countries during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Still going strong today, The Open University, Britain's national correspondence - TV - radio University, excited much controversy when it first opened and in 1973 awarded its first degrees.

Drawing on a wide variety of traditions and methods in historical studies, from the humanities and social sciences both, this volume considers the questions, methods, goals, and frameworks historians of education from a wide variety of countries use to create the study of the history of education.

This book examines the impact of network society on self-identity and education and proposes key tasks for transforming education in network society.

This insightful book examines the differences in the perception of social status and how they impact youth mental health and well-being.

This book reconceives the internationalization of higher education from the perspective of Global South researchers, empowering and giving visibility to this discourse.