Philosophy and theory of education

This book argues that the structure of public education is a key factor in the failure of America's public education system to fulfill the intellectual, civic, and moral aims for which it was created.

Worldwide, more parents are opting for immersion pre-schooling for their children in order to benefit from its linguistic, educational, and cultural benefits.

Originally published in 1992.

Community education is now a worldwide phenomenon.

Social Justice, Transformation and Knowledge: Policy, Workplace Learning and Skills examines the policy contexts in which lifelong learning, vocational education and training and skill development is set.

This is the first book to systematically chart and comparatively assess the trend towards private higher education in South East Asia.

This book reports on an empirical study of oral feedback practices in doctoral supervision meetings, observing supervisors' and students' conduct to enable a new understanding of the social organisation of doctoral research supervision.

"e;The book is written in a lively, engaging, conversational style, without compromising on empirical rigour to substantiate its claims.

Since 2013, the Annual Review of Comparative and International Education has covered significant developments in the intersecting fields of comparative education, international education, education for development, and comparative and international education.

Education and the Growth of Knowledge is a collection of original contributions from a group of eminent philosophers and philosophers of education, who sketch the implications of advances in contemporary epistemology for education.

In this study, originally published in 1986, Professor Charles Read examines the ways in which pre-school and primary children create spellings - or misspellings, as they appear to be.

Many contemporary concerns in higher education focus on the student experience of learning.

Part of the educational system in England has been geared towards the preparation of particular professions, while the identity and status of members of some professions have depended significantly on the general education they have received.

This collection sets out an innovative research agenda for advancing a multidisciplinary approach to genre, bringing together researchers from a variety of disciplines to enhance our existing understanding of the challenges and opportunities for current and future genre research.

Youth Resistance for Educational Justice shows how resistance, especially among minoritized groups, is an increasingly crucial dynamic of social and educational transformation.

Originally published in 1988.

Originally published in 1988, Appraising Teachers in Schools considers and provides advice on the introduction of staff appraisal in schools.

First published in 1958 with a second edition in 1969, The Concept of Motivation looks philosophically and psychologically at the idea of motivation in order to explain human behaviour.

Developing a 'healthy school' has been a key aim for many schools across the globe, yet achieving successful implementation and sustaining the positive benefits has proven to be challenging.

The Making of the Soviet Citizen (1987) examines the distinctive feature of Soviet education - the crucial importance it gives to the formation of a new type of person, the model socialist citizen.

Empowering Mindfulness for Women is centred around a a 5-day intensive mindfulness course attended by eight women from different backgrounds.

Sport coaching has grown significantly as an area of research interest with an expanding number of sport coaching programs offered.

Ensuring that higher education students are fully prepared for lives as global citizens is a pressing concern in the contemporary world.

Meeting the Challenges of Existential Threats through Educational Innovation is the first book of its kind to provide an educational and systematic analysis of problems and solutions regarding the most pressing threats that humankind is facing.

This book contains a wealth of ideas for teachers to deliver engaging and informative assemblies in primary schools.

This book extends a comprehensive overview of the treatment of extremism in education in Bangladesh, using a study of perceptions among students to explore proactive measures for the prevention of various types and forms of extremism prevalent among youth.

Published in 1989, this book provides an international perspective on bullying.

Virtue and the Quiet Art of Scholarship offers a fresh perspective on what it is to be a 'good knower' in a social and educational environment dominated by the market order.

This authoritative edited volume examines the drivers of higher education in the Gulf region.

The sociology of education has been at the forefront of new developments in sociological theory.

Published with Kappa Delta Pi, Creativity and Education in China takes readers on a journey through research-supported ideas and practical examples of creative and innovative schooling within a changing regime.

This book brings together a variety of connected voices which consider potential ways forward for school reform.

Using an Open Marxist theoretical framework, this book provides a critique of the neoliberal reforms made to higher education since the late 1970s and the impact this has had on the sector.

Marketing Fear in America's Public Schools: The Real War on Literacy is an eye-opening examination of the real world consequences of the political pressures and influences on teachers today.

Knowledge comes from thinking with, from and through things, not just about them.

There is a myth that lingers around legal education in many democracies.

This volume is being issued in the hope that readers of the addresses and lectures included in it may be induced to make further acquaintance with the works and thoughts of Leonard Nelson, and to exert themselves actively, in so far as they are persuaded of their validity, in bringing them to bear on the practice of social life.

First published in 2012.

This series will include monographs and collections of studies devoted to the investigation and exploration of knowledge, information, and data-processing systems of all kinds, no matter whether human.

In this politically and democratically urgent collection, George Yancy and contributors argue that more than ever, we are in need of classrooms that function "e;dangerously"e;-that is, classrooms where people are not afraid to engage in critical discussions that call into question difficult political times.

One of the most influential educational philosophers of our times, Paulo Freire contributed to a revolutionary understanding of education as an empowering and democratizing force in the lives of the disenfranchised.

Is there life after death for secondary education?

Originally published in 1927, this was a book written specially for teachers and parents, based upon the writer's practical experience and research.

This book explores the curriculum theorizing of Black women, as well as their historical and contemporary contributions to the always-evolving complicated conversation that is Curriculum Studies.

This is an investigation of the thoughts concerning education in the writings of one of the most original educators of the eighteenth century.

This new textbook is a wide-ranging, contemporary and accessible analysis of familiar myths about mass education in the United Kingdom.

Structure and Agency in Young People's Lives brings together different takes on the possible combinations of agency and structure in the life course, thus rejecting the notion that young individuals are the single masters of their lives, but also the view that their social destinies are completely out of their hands.

The world today needs mindful leaders who care for the holistic well-being of their students and staff, and to inspire all to renew schools with compassion, creativity and courage.