The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education

Author: Wilfred Carr

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-04-29

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 1000446107

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This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in philosophy of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the field and includes crucial topics. With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Wilfred Carr also provides a specially written introduction which provides a much-needed context to the role of philosophy in the current educational climate. Students of philosophy and philosophy of education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Multicultural Education
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Multicultural Education

Author: David Gillborn

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780415336635

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Bringing together scholarship from both sides of the Atlantic, this book focuses on the questions that shape the field of multicultural education, offering the reader an opportunity to achieve a real grasp of the subject.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender & Education
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Gender & Education

Author: Madeleine Arnot

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2006-09-27

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1134281994

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This new Reader brings together classic pieces of gender theory, as well as examples of the sophistication of contemporary gender theory and research methodologies in the field of education. Leading international gender researchers address current debates about gender, power, identity and culture and concerns about boys’ and girls’ schooling, gender achievement patterns, the boys’ education debate, and gender relationships in the curriculum, the classroom and youth cultures. The Reader is divided into six sections which reflect contemporary concerns about Gender and Education: Gender and Educational Theory Difference and Power Identity Work Knowledge and Pedagogy Reflexivity and Risk Gender and Citizenship. A specially written Introduction from the editors, both experts in feminist and masculinity research, provides a much-needed context to the current educational climate. Undergraduates, postgraduates and academics interested in education, gender studies and women’s studies will find this a stimulating and important resource. The analysis of the gender dimensions of the curriculum, teaching and alternative pedagogies also provide important insights for practitioners wishing to promote gender equality.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Education Policy and Politics
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Education Policy and Politics

Author: Bob Lingard

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-01-24

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 1134282079

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This Reader brings together selected papers from leading scholars to address the most significant recent development in educational policy and politics: the impact of globalisation. The papers discuss, document and analyse evidence of globalisation’s effects on the new direction of education policies and practices, and in the production of globalised agendas for the redesign of state provision and the governance of education. The Reader is organised in two parts. The first part provides a selection of articles that interrogate globalisation and its effects from a variety of analytical perspectives, and explore what kind of politics are possible in the framing context of globalisation. The second part documents and discusses different types of engagement with politics and policy in a variety of settings and sectors, including numerous European and Pacific Rim policy contexts. This important collection underlines the need to approach globalisation, education policy and politics from numerous perspectives, and offers analytical, empirical and theoretical resources for the reframing of contemporary education politics. Students of educational policy and politics will find this Reader an invaluable resource for understanding, theorising and researching in these academic fields.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education

Author: Gary McCulloch

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2020-11-25

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1000143198

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This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in history of education today. Focusing on the enduring trends in this field, this lively and informative Reader provides broad coverage of the subject and includes crucial topics such as: * higher education * informal agencies of education * schooling, the state and local government * education and social change and inequality * curriculum * teachers and pupils * education, work and the economy * education and national identity. With an emphasis on contemporary pieces that deal with issues relevant to the immediate real world, this book represents the research and views of some of the most respected authors in the field today. Gary McCulloch also includes a specially written introduction which provides a much-needed context to the role of history in the current educational climate. Students of history and history of education will find this Reader an important route map to further reading and understanding.

The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Inclusive Education
The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in Inclusive Education

Author: Keith J. Topping

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 9780415336659

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"Each chapter ends with questions and issues for reflection. The book also includes an annotated list of further reading. It is designed to encourage readers to conduct their own research. This is a useful text for practitioner, postgraduate students, researchers, academics and policy-makers in education."--Jacket.

Culturally Responsive Teaching
Culturally Responsive Teaching

Author: Geneva Gay

Publisher: Teachers College Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0807750786

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The achievement of students of color continues to be disproportionately low at all levels of education. More than ever, Geneva Gay's foundational book on culturally responsive teaching is essential reading in addressing the needs of today's diverse student population. Combining insights from multicultural education theory and research with real-life classroom stories, Gay demonstrates that all students will perform better on multiple measures of achievement when teaching is filtered through their own cultural experiences. This bestselling text has been extensively revised to include expanded coverage of student ethnic groups: African and Latino Americans as well as Asian and Native Americans as well as new material on culturally diverse communication, addressing common myths about language diversity and the effects of "English Plus" instruction.

The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning
The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning

Author: Peter Jarvis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-05-07

Total Pages: 744

ISBN-13: 1135202524

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As lifelong learning grows in popularity, few comprehensive pictures of the phenomenon have emerged. The Routledge International Handbook of Lifelong Learning provides a disciplined and complete overview of lifelong learning internationally. The theoretical structure puts the learner at the centre and the book emanates from there, pointing to the social context beyond the learner. Up-to-the-minute syntheses from many of the leading international experts in the field give vital snapshots of this rapidly evolving subject from wide-ranging perspectives including: learning throughout life sites of lifelong learning modes of learning policies social movements issues in lifelong learning geographical dimensions. This authoritative volume, essential reading for academics in the field of Lifelong Learning, examines the complexities of the subject within a systematic global framework and places it in its socio-historic context.

Orators & Philosophers
Orators & Philosophers

Author: Bruce A. Kimball

Publisher: College Board

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13:

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In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from antiquity to the present.