Philosophy and theory of education

Applying an asset-based approach, Multimodal Funds of Knowledge in Literacy prepares educators to teach and support diverse students and their families as they negotiate multimodal aspects of literacy learning.

Essentials of Education Policy improves students' and educational leaders' understanding of the complex education policy system in the U.

This seminal volume delves into some of the doctoral research and pedagogical experiences within an African higher education context, making a case for the transformative potential of education and the integration of African indigenous philosophies into global educational practices.

This core text, now in its second edition, provides an easy-to-read, comprehensive introduction to educational research that will develop your understanding of research strategies, theories and methods, giving you the confidence and enthusiasm to discuss and write about your research effectively.

This book offers an in-depth exploration of explainable learner models, presenting theoretical foundations and practical applications in the context of educational AI.

Graduates (1972) examines the careers of UK graduates for six years following their successful completion of their degrees.

Thinking with language as a complex practice for educators, advocates, and researchers in early childhood education is a necessary gesture for countering the anti-intellectualism that designates early childhood education as a service providing custodial care.

Historical Consciousness and Practical Life introduces a novel approach to examining how people construct and employ historical knowledge in their daily lives.

Transformative L2 Teacher Education Innovations features empirical research studies informed by Vygotskian Sociocultural Theory (VSCT) that are explicitly and intentionally designed to transform second language (L2) teacher reasoning and thinking, as well as L2 teaching practices and pedagogical choices.

This volume provides an in-depth analysis of the critical dimensions of higher education in India.

This handbook provides an overview of research concepts, methodologies, approaches, and methods used regularly in the field of comparative and international education.

This collection is focused on the possibilities for unbinding people from gendered expectations in and around educational spaces, and accounts for the ways gender is reconstituted in and through education.

This timely book takes stock of the wide range of developments in society, education and assessment and offers conclusions and strategies that are necessary for the future of educational assessment.

¿Podemos hablar de educación y de enseñanza sin hablar de aprendizaje?

This book shares real-life case studies taken from GreenSCENT, a three-year EU-funded project that promotes sustainability through the development of digital platforms and tools, green education programme, and climate and environmental literacy certification.

This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought has been comprehensively brought up to date for the third edition.

The complexity of life, the complexity of its fields, and the abundance of its sciences have led to increased awareness of the fact that simply understanding the written page does not represent maturity in reading on the other hand.

This book focuses on the historical and sociological dimensions of scientists working in laboratories in India, offering insights into the historical, sociological and policy factors that shape scientific pursuits.

First published in 1983, The Feral Classroom argues that the experience of schooling needs to be understood in terms of peer interaction in the classroom.

This book examines the policies and realities of internationalization of higher education (IHE) in China.

In the book Sex Education (first published in 1989), Philip Meredith focuses upon the British situation to investigate the political management of school sex education.

This book examines the interactions of gender and race, developmental psychology, and public policy and how, collectively, they influenced the marginalization of early childhood caregivers' and educators' roles.

This book focuses on the importance of an ontological dimension for today's higher education, with critical attention to implications for the student experience, engagement, satisfaction, wellbeing, employability, (dis)embodiment and activism in which students take a stand on their own being and becoming.

**Winner of the nasen Special Educational Needs Academic Book award 2008**There is an enduring and widespread perception amongst policy makers and practitioners that certain groups of children, in particular those who find learning difficult, have a detrimental effect on the achievement of other children.

This book introduces and explains the emergent and dynamic discipline of media arts education and its potentials for educational transformation.

This important volume presents the results from a five-year, mixed methods study on the transition from high school to postsecondary education for young adults who, during secondary school, received both English learner and special education services.

This book gathers a diverse set of empirical research chapters from practitioners in the higher education sector in Vietnam to explore the effects of higher education reform on university learning and teaching from the point of view of the classroom educators.

First published in 1956, From School Board to Local Authority is a meticulous and exact inquiry into the events which led up to the famous Cockerton v.

This Handbook provides an authoritative exposition of equality of opportunity.

This volume provides a critical narrative inquiry into the learning experiences of adults and children at a Community School in Canada.

This book draws together insights on the past, present, and future of youth participatory action research (YPAR) through interviews with ten scholars whose work has been central to the field.

The term 'indoctrination' is generally used to express disapproval of what someone is doing to the minds of children.

Reissued with a new introduction from Henry A.

This book offers theoretical and practical discussion on the inclusion of students with disabilities and learning impairments within the learning environments and beyond.

Since the early 2000s, social innovation has become increasingly relevant in the political and research debates on welfare state transformations.

Focusing on the empirical evidence base for pedagogical decisions taken when children are playing and learning outside, this groundbreaking book examines the intention and purpose of children's outdoor playful activity and the associated issues of pedagogy.

Drawing from in-depth interviews with alumni across the disciplines, this book explores the benefits of undergraduate research: meaningful intellectual engagement, a sense of belonging in the campus community, and vocational clarity and career success after college.

This book, the first of two volumes, focuses on the conceptualization of Indigenous Knowledge and Curriculum, Ethiopian/African Philosophy and the possibilities of Indigenization/Africanization of African Education.