Philosophy and theory of education

Educational Reciprocity and Adaptability challenges the common belief that adapting to new educational settings is the responsibility of international students alone.

This volume traces the history of Western philosophy of education from the Medieval through the Renaissance period (500-1550).

This was the last and most important and comprehensive work of Charlotte Mason, (founder of the Parents' National Educational Union).

The Cultural Politics of Queer Theory in Education Research represents the editors' intention to disrupt cycles of thinking about the place of queer theory in educational research.

Reading Augustine presents concise, personal readings of St.

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

Radical Schooling for Democracy proposes that formal education around the world has a serious philosophical weakness: as the ideology of neoliberalism increasingly dominates economic and as a consequence, educational and social life, formal education has adopted a narrow, rational and economic purpose for all students.

Anyone who wants to know what is really happening in schools - behind all the hype and political rhetoric about the privatizing reforms in education - should read this book.

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.

An Introduction to Multicultural Education provides a balance between the principles and practice of multicultural education in the K-12 classroom, presenting multicultural education as a learner-centered pedagogy.

Interest in Mathematics and Science Learning, edited by K.

In the real world a lot of activities require people to work in groups.

Originally published 1972.

With e-learning technologies evolving and expanding at high rates, organizations and institutions around the world are integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other open educational resources (OERs).

In this analysis of Japan's policy-making, David Williams places his argument within the debates about Japanese political economy in the United States and Britain, debates previously polarised between `market' and `ministry' views.

Math Education for America?

Leading American psychologist and educator Howard Gardner has assembled his most important writings about education.

Based on extensive original research, this book explores the early educational experiences of foreign children in Japan.

The Myth of Post-Racial America provides a history of race and racism in the United States.

Improving Mathematics at Work questions the mathematical knowledge and skills that matter in the twenty-first century world of work, and studies how the use of mathematics in the workplace is evolving in the rapidly-changing context of new technologies and globalisation.

This special issue of the Peabody Journal of Education provides a comprehensive overview of the latest developments in peace education reform.

The purpose of this book is to open a discourse on current and pertinent issues related to multicultural populations by the most noted experts and researchers in the field.

This book promotes adult education in a university setting as cultivation and the inculcation of culture, democracy, and ethics beyond and through lived experience.

Action research is increasingly used as a means for teachers to improve their instruction, yet for many the idea of doing "e;research"e; can be somewhat intimidating.

First published in 1981.

This volume traces the history of Western philosophy of education through the Modern Era.

Reason and Ethics defends the theoretical claim that all values are subjective and the practical claim that human affairs can be conducted fruitfully in full awareness of this.

2020 Critics Choice Book Award, American Educational Studies Association (AESA) In Race on Campus, Julie J.

The Wrong Emphasis is a reminder and a warning for both parents and public school educators.

This book presents John Dewey's work as a claim to the human potentials found in experience, the imagination and the possibilities that emerge from our disposition towards liberty.

Girls outperform boys in educational achievement, yet women in work are less well paid, are underrepresented in positions of power and carry a disproportionate burden of care and childcare.

A call to action for school and community leaders to reframe educational institutions as open systems that are adaptable and responsive to the needs of students, families, and communities.

Originally published in 1989.

The Education of Eros is the first and only comprehensive history of sexuality education and the "e;problem"e; of adolescent sexuality from the mid-20th century to the beginning of the 21st.

This book explores the opportunities and epistemological and structural challenges facing higher education in postcolonial South Africa and argues for a fundamental transformation to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Originally published in 1990, A Higher Education was commissioned by the Council for National Academic Awards to commemorate its silver jubilee.

This book offers an illuminating analysis of the theories, politics, and realities of boys' education around the world -- an insightful and often disturbing account of various educational systems' successes and failings in fostering intellectual and social growth in male students.

The Struggle for Democracy in Education extends the insightful arguments Michael W.

Humanistic Critique of Education's ten essays by noted scholars address the subject of educational policy, methods, ideology and more, with stress upon the rhetoric of contemporary teaching and learning.

The Routledge International Handbook of Autoethnography in Educational Research presents diverse and rigorous contemporary research at the intersection between autoethnography and educational research.

This volume contains the proceedings of the second Canadian Conference on Children which was held in Montreal in the autumn of 1965.

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 book, first published in 1987, examines the notion of truth and then discusses knowledge and the way in which much of our knowledge revises or rejects the common-sense we start from.

Teaching and Learning to Unlock Social Mobility for Every Child is a topical and insightful text that guides readers through evidence-based practice that will improve outcomes for all involved in education, increasing social mobility and inclusion in every sense.

Originally published in 1987 Restructuring Universities uses Aston University as a case study of the internal restructuring taking place in universities.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religious Education in the Global South presents new comparative perspectives on Religious Education (RE) across the Global South.