In the early 1970s few subjects in schools had grown faster than moral education, and more and more teachers were seeking guidance in a changing and developing field where a training in the 'traditional' subjects could not always provide sufficient help.
First published in 1986, Education, Recession and the World Village explores the effects of world economic recession on the educational arrangements of eight modern nations including Hong Kong, Australia, US, Nigeria, UK, and China and just how nations adjust their educational systems to meet these pressures.
This fascinating book comprises a poetic ethnography, featuring poems that capture the experiences of students, professors, administrators, custodians, a chancellor, and other people who work in institutions of US higher education.
By putting children's voices at the heart of early childhood education, this essential textbook will help students truly understand what it is young children are saying and will show them how to support the promotion of the child's voice.
Written from an interdisciplinary lens, this book presents a nuanced and contextual understanding of how COVID-19 (re)shapes the education sector in India, a country that got its new education policy at the peak of the pandemic to revamp and restructure its educational landscape.
Participatory Action Research in Post-Colonial Contexts provides a comprehensive exploration of Participatory Action Research (PAR) as a transformative methodology uniquely suited to post-colonial contexts, explicitly addressing the ongoing impact of colonial legacies and systemic inequalities in knowledge production and social change.
This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity.
This pioneering study of primary schools in the Russian countryside during the late tsarist period examines the contribution of education to the transition to modernity.
La pregunta que permanece vigente es la del carácter transparente o resistente o incluso rebelde de los procesos educativos respecto de un tiempo actual que tiende a desoír el pasado, a naufragar en el sinsentido del presente y a acatar las respuestas pre-construidas del futuro.
This book champions care education in early childhood school contexts, addressing the critical need for an effective and meaningful ethics education grounded in Platonic and Aristotelian reflections on virtues, and ultimately positing a theory of ethics education that connects ancient philosophy to contemporary care thinking.
The cornerstone of this book is the innovative concept of profiguration, a term coined by Fidel Molina-Luque to encapsulate the essential agreement and recognition required between generations in contemporary society.
Covering a range of concepts and taking a broad perspective of what inclusion entails, this book offers an overview of current research, policy, and practice in diversity and inclusion in the early years.
Covering a range of concepts and taking a broad perspective of what inclusion entails, this book offers an overview of current research, policy, and practice in diversity and inclusion in the early years.
Building on a collection of students' perspectives and narratives, Ma examines how non-native English speaking (NNES) students negotiate English academic writing (EAW) to reveal the general patterns and distinct routes in addressing challenges in higher education.
This book explores key contemporary issues in education, featuring the latest theoretical perspectives and policies, aimed at supporting the professional development and understanding of those working or intending to work in the education sector.
Originally published in 1938, the author traces the rise of the great European Universities from the Cathedral Schools of the tenth and eleventh centuries and their gradual development into republics of learning with power to treat on terms of equality with king and pope.
This edited volume collates over a decade of Greg William Misiaszek's work on ecopedagogy, with a new focus on insights and possibilities for global citizenship education (GCE) scholarship.
Medical Ethics and Moral Psychology: An Integrative Approach is a pioneering book which provides a comprehensive exploration of the ethical challenges in contemporary healthcare.
This book addresses the gap in our historical knowledge about the roles Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander teachers have played in Australia's history of school education.
