Philosophy and theory of education

This book provides unrivalled coverage of both quantitative and qualitative research methods, making it invaluable for anyone embarking on social research.

This volume examines the development, structure and role of education from the third century B.

This collection examines the promise and limitations for computer-assisted language learning of emerging speech technologies: speech recognition, text-to-speech synthesis, and acoustic visualization.

This book introduces three new subjects to the context of literacy research-play, the imaginary, and improvisation-and proposes how to incorporate these important concepts into the field as research methods in order to engage people, materials, spaces, and imaginaries that are inherent in every research encounter.

By exploring how the religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and social surroundings of African-American sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impacts their understanding of the condition, this book develops a new model of effective adult learning.

This book is a reflection on the complexity of educational change in China through the lens of a senior academic who has occupied many diverse roles in the academe, from political worker to dean of faculty.

Refugees, Interculturalism and Education focuses on the sensitive issue of forced migration and education from an intercultural perspective.

Iodine Made Simple is a unique volume that explains the basic properties of iodine as well as the products and technology using it.

Learning and Behavior reviews how people and animals learn and how their behaviors are changed because of learning.

Centring the voices of Indigenous scholars at the intersection of music and education, this co-edited volume contributes to debates about current colonising music education research and practices, and offers alternative decolonising approaches that support music education imbued with Indigenous perspectives.

'Highly readable, subtle and thought-provoking scientific history' ScotsmanIn this penetrating work, Pyenson and Pyenson identify that major advances in science stem from changes in three distinct areas of society: the social institutions that promote science, the sensibilities of scientists themselves and the goal of the scientific enterprise.

The 'mobile turn' in human geography, sociology and cultural studies has resulted in a hitherto unparalleled focus on the critical role that mobility plays in conserving and regenerating society and culture.

Originally published in 1989, Henry Pluckrose, well-known as an educational consultant, writer, and lecturer, examines the way in which a study of the local environment can enrich young children's learning and be used as a starting point for all manner of cross-curriculum work.

This book documents the "e;brave new world"e; of teacher, administrator, school, and student accountability that has swept across the United States in recent years.

Activating Aesthetics addresses questions of aesthetics in various fields of education, with the aim of investigating a way of revealing how aesthetics may activate an engaged, responsive and poetic pedagogy.

This book explores different strands of thinking about sexuality education in contemporary urban India.

What does educational policy-making and institutional practice entail in an era of globalization?

First published in 1999, this volume strives to present an integrated account of how failure avoidance may be reduced.

This edited collection explores plurilingual education in the unique English medium instruction (EMI) context of the Arabian Peninsula.

What is the role of narrative in how people learn throughout their lives?

This book is about the teaching and study of the humanities in our universities.

An inspiring account of ordinary teachers who are doing extraordinary things that could transform educationWhat School Could Be offers an inspiring vision of what our teachers and students can accomplish if trusted with the challenge of developing the skills and ways of thinking needed to thrive in a world of dizzying technological change.

Lack of family structure, violence in the schools, and overcrowded classrooms spur a never-ending cry for "e;reforms"e; to confront such issues.

With All Your Mind makes a compelling case for the value of thinking deeply about education in America from a historically orthodox and broadly ecumenical Christian point of view.

Europe is a multi-ethnic society experiencing a rise of anti-immigration, racist, xenophobic discourses, and right-wing political rhetoric and movements proposing legislation to further solidify structural inequality and institutionalized systems of oppression that fuel educational inequities.

In Practical Knowledge in Teacher Education, expert contributors from across Asia and Europe explore and reflect upon the innovation and creativity in teacher education programs.

Offering the broadest review of psychological perspectives on human expertise to date, this volume covers behavioral, computational, neural, and genetic approaches to understanding complex skill.

Currently a great deal of public discourse around health is on the assumed relationship between childhood inactivity, young people's diets, and a putative steep rise in obesity.

Originally published 1970.

In today's neoliberal times, thinking about fitness and health is dominated by the media's narratives of "e;fit bodies,"e; which are presented and circulated in society as "e;valued bodies.

This beautifully illustrated, therapeutic picture book tells the story of Stan the Giraffe.

Since its first publication, Action Research: Principles and Practice has become a key text in its field.

This volume weaves together a variety of perspectives aimed at confronting a spectrum of ethico-political global challenges arising in the Anthropocene which affect the future of life on planet earth.

First published in 1973, The Free School explores the roots of the educational malaise- sociological, historical, and psychological- and looks at what could be done and what is being done to free education from its rigid and hierarchical nineteenth-century organization.

Higher education research is a developing field internationally, which is attracting more and more researchers from a great variety of disciplinary backgrounds within and beyond higher education institutions.

The college sector is facing a growing number of new challenges caused by technological change, globalisation and the growth of mass higher education.

Critical Pedagogy addresses the shortcomings of mainstream educational theory and practice and promotes the humanization of teacher and student.

This book presents the historical, theoretical and empirical foundations of educational practices involving dialogue and argumentation.

Citizenship and Political Education Today brings together a collection of essays from around the world; including discussion of politics and education in Australia, The United States of America, New Zealand, Norway, England, France, Germany and the wider European Union.

Within an increasingly multimedia focused society, the use of external representations in learning, teaching and communication has increased dramatically.

This book is the culmination of twenty-four years of research.

This volume tackles perceived myths surrounding the academic excellence of East Asian students, and moves beyond Western understanding to offer in-depth analysis of the crucial role that shadow education plays in students' academic success.

Wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnissen wird in der heutigen Gesellschaft ein bedeutsamer Stellenwert zugeschrieben.

'[A] really important book [.

What effect has feminism had on Canadian education since the 1970 Royal Commission on the Status of Women, and to what end?