Philosophy and theory of education

This book explores the realities of adult education practice in the current political and economic climate.

Feminist Theory in Diverse Productive Practices is the second of two volumes examining gender and feminist theory in Educational Philosophy and Theory.

The Routledge Encyclopedia of Language Teaching and Learning is an authoritative reference dealing with all aspects of this increasingly important field of study.

Exploring how formal and informal education initiatives and training systems in the US, UK and Australia seek to achieve a socially diverse workforce, this insightful book offers a series of detailed case studies to reveal the initiative and ingenuity shown by today's young people as they navigate entry into creative fields of work.

A comprehensive introduction to middle school teaching, this textbook focuses explicitly on instructional strategies that encourage adolescents to become active participants in their own learning within a world of accountability and standardized testing.

This volume discusses the emergence of information and communication technology (ICT)-based teaching and learning during the Covid-19 pandemic as a potential alternative to traditional classroom-based learning.

This book explores the concept of exile, experienced not as a physical displacement but as a subjective experience of disconnection from the Other.

The authors of this book consult fifteen thinkers, from various fields, who have a profound understanding of the important role that education plays in our world.

Serious criticisms of research on IT in education have been published recently in both the UK and the USA.

This edited volume focuses on the life and work of Makiguchi Tsunesaburo (1871-1944), a Japanese elementary schoolteacher, principal, educational philosopher, author, activist, and Buddhist war resister who has emerged as an important figure in international education.

Despite advancements in and availability of corpus software in language classrooms facilitating data-driven learning (DDL), the use of such methods with pre-tertiary learners remains rare.

Empower learning through grit and resilience-with this easy-to-follow teacher's guide to growth mindset strategies.

Using Social Theory in Educational Research is organised to help practising educators and novice researchers who have little familiarity with social theory to: be introduced to major schools of social theory, their basic concepts, and their general applicability to educational issues develop an understanding of and appreciation for its potential to improve their own practice gain practical insight into how theory can function as a warrant, or support, for data interpretation through the use of multiple practical examples, learn how to integrate theory into their own work more effectively Selected Contents: 1.

Moderating the Debate is a major statement on education research, policy, and reform that will be required reading for everyone with a stake in improving Americas schools.

This book brings attention to the understudied and often overlooked question of how curricula and classroom practices might inadvertently reproduce exclusionary discourses and narratives that omit or negate particular cultures, histories, and wisdom traditions.

Beginning with descriptions of the ways in which children make sense of their experience and the world, such as fantasy, stories and games, Egan constructs his argument that constituting this foundational layer are sets of cultural sense-making capacities, reflected in oral cultures throughout the world.

This book is an ethnographic study of a comprehensive school in the south of England.

Published in 1996, this book presents a broad overview of the development of educational policy for schools in England and Wales since Margaret Thatcher's Conservative administration took office in 1979.

Homeless youth face countless barriers that limit their ability to complete a high school diploma and transition to postsecondary education.

This book takes the reader inside the charter school movement, answering such questions as: *What is a charter school?

Published for the American Educational Research Association by Routledge.

The Nexus of Practices: connections, constellations, practitioners brings leading theorists of practice together to provide a fresh set of theoretical impulses for the surge of practice-focused studies currently sweeping across the social disciplines.

This edited volume examines the decolonization of worldviews and ways of knowing in education and educational policy.

Focusing on community colleges as a unique structure within American higher education, this text investigates the specific ways in which these institutions have been impacted by a global increase in neoliberal education policies.

This book is for anyone who wishes to improve university teaching and learning through systematic inquiry.

This groundbreaking and thought-provoking book puts the care experience at the centre of education history.

Die Schule in den amtlich deutschsprachigen Staaten ist von dem Spannungsverhältnis der konzeptionellen Einsprachigkeit im Deutschen und der faktischen Mehrsprachigkeit der SchülerInnen gekennzeichnet, die sich immer weiter ausdifferenziert.

Very little information about the impact of reflection on teacher performance, teacher retention, and student learning is available in teacher preparation programs.

This volume is a major new contribution to Joel Spring reportage and analysis of the intersection of global forces and education-offers a new paradigm for global school systems.

American Education: A History, Sixth Edition is a comprehensive, highly regarded history of American education from precolonial times to the present.

This book discusses the very nature and purpose of education and provides a foundation upon which more specialized studies in the psychology, history and sociology of education can be based.

Originally published in 1989.

A journey into the world of numbers, which are over our heads, under our feet, and all around us.

As much a social history as a volume charting the history of education this book examines the major forces influencing education in England during the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as class differences, economic success and poverty, the legacy of the industrial revolution and factors such as migration.

This timely volume explores the ways that university institutions affect the experiences of student carers and how student carers negotiate the (often conflicting) demands of care and academic work.

As digital platforms become increasingly common and even the norm for literacy learning environments, established frameworks, pedagogies, and theories do not always translate neatly to these new contexts.

This is the second volume of research into the philosophy of Bernard Stiegler and its interconnections with the philosophy of education.

This was the first book which globally surveyed the impact of the Second World War on schooling.

An essential component of good practice in physical education is ensuring inclusivity for all pupils, regardless of need, ability or background.

As every astronomer knows, astronomy is one of the most approachable and inspiring of the natural sciences.

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title 2022In this thought-provoking volume, editors Rebecca M.

The encyclopaedia is divided into three volumes and each volume is complete in itself.

China is often seen as a monolith outside its borders.

Originally published in 1974, Parent Power was a comprehensive handbook for parents on education and schooling at the time.

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.