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Beschreibung

This new edition of A Student's Guide to Education Studies is an essential resource for any undergraduate making their first explorations into the fascinating world of education. It explores a wide range of alternative visions of education encouraging students to challenge the perceived notions about learning and knowledge.

Offering new perspectives and powerful ideas for discussion on a variety of long-standing topics such as class, race and gender, the book is organised around five enduring themes: Policy and Politics, Global and Environmental Education, Knowledge and Learning, Childhood and Youth, Professionalism and Employment. With a distinctive international and global focus, this new edition has been extensively updated to reflect the latest research and thinking in the field and features new chapters on:

  • The sociology of education and the philosophy of education
  • Inclusion
  • Childhood and youth
  • Professionalism and work-based learning
  • Populism in politics

Including summary points, questions for discussion and annotated suggestions for further reading, this book provides the theoretical background needed to carry out a critical analysis of education policy and practice and is an essential resource for all students of Education Studies.

This new edition of A Student's Guide to Education Studies is an essential resource for any undergraduate making their first explorations into the fascinating world of education. It explores a wide range of alternative visions of education encouraging students to challenge the perceived notions about learning and knowledge.

Offering new perspectives and powerful ideas for discussion on a variety of long-standing topics such as class, race and gender, the book is organised around five enduring themes: Policy and Politics, Global and Environmental Education, Knowledge and Learning, Childhood and Youth, Professionalism and Employment. With a distinctive international and global focus, this new edition has been extensively updated to reflect the latest research and thinking in the field and features new chapters on:

  • The sociology of education and the philosophy of education
  • Inclusion
  • Childhood and youth
  • Professionalism and work-based learning
  • Populism in politics

Including summary points, questions for discussion and annotated suggestions for further reading, this book provides the theoretical background needed to carry out a critical analysis of education policy and practice and is an essential resource for all students of Education Studies.

Über den Autor

Catherine A. Simon is a principal lecturer in Education Studies at Bath Spa University, UK.

Stephen Ward is Professor Emeritus of Education at Bath Spa University, UK.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The study of education; Section 1 - Policy and Politics; 1 Education Policy and Marketisation; 2 Education and Social Justice; 3 Race, Ethnicity and Education in England; 4 Gender and Work; 5 Education and Social Mobility; 6 Educational Achievement: An intersectional approach; 7 The Inclusion Agenda in Mainstream Primary Schools?; Section 2 - Global and Environmental Education; 8 International and Comparative Education; 9 Globalisation and Populism: Why intercultural education failed; 10 Religion and Worldviews in Education; 11 Education and Climate Change; 12 Education for Sustainability; Section 3 - Knowledge and Learning; 13 The Sociology of Knowledge; 14 Social Psychology and Learning; 15 Philosophy and Education; 16 Creative Pedagogy for Empowerment through Expressive Arts; 17 Information Technology and Learning; Section 4 - Childhood and Youth; 18 Early Years Education; 19 The 'Resilient' Child: Defining and supporting children's resilience; 20 Health and Education; Section 5 - Professionalism and Employment; 21 Work-based Learning; 22 Professionalism; Notes on contributors; Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Erziehung & Bildung, Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780367276690
ISBN-10: 0367276690
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Simon, Catherine A.
Redaktion: Simon, Catherine A.
Ward, Stephen
Auflage: 4. Auflage
Hersteller: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 277 x 189 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Catherine A. Simon (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 16.12.2019
Gewicht: 0,504 kg
Artikel-ID: 121925816

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