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71. Education and Poverty in Affluent Countries

    Edited by Carlo Raffo, Alan Dyson, Helen Gunter, Dave Hall, Lisa Jones, Afroditi Kalambouka

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    For the first time, researchers, policymakers and practitioners across the world will have access to a comprehensive mapping of research evidence and policy strategies about education and poverty in affluent countries. Although there is widespread agreement that poverty and poor educational...

    Published May 15th 2011 by Routledge
72. Political Approaches to Educational Administration and Leadership

    Edited by Eugenie A. Samier, with Adam G. Stanley

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This collection explores the political philosophy and theory foundations for educational administration and leadership as they influence our understanding, analysis and practice in the field. The first section, "Political Philosophy: The Foundations," discusses the work of such writers as...

    Published May 5th 2011 by Routledge
73. Changing Schools in an Era of Globalization

    By John Chi-Kin Lee, Brian J. Caldwell

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Much has been written about globalization and the challenge of preparing young people for the new world of work and life in times of complexity and continuous change. However, few works have examined how globalization has and will continue to shape education in the East. This volume discusses...

    Published April 4th 2011 by Routledge
74. Boys and Their Schooling

    The Experience of Becoming Someone Else

    By John Whelen

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book presents an ethnographic study of the experiences of teenage boys in an Australian high school. It follows a group of thirteen to fifteen year olds over a period of more than two years, and seeks to understand why so many boys say they hate school yet enjoy being with...

    Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
75. Education and Sustainability

    Learning Across the Diaspora, Indigenous, and Minority Divide

    By Seonaigh MacPherson

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book critically examines the impact of migration, education, development, and the spread of English on global bio-linguistic and cultural diversity. Derived from findings from a comparative eco-linguistic study of intergenerational language, culture, and education change in the Tibetan...

    Published March 27th 2011 by Routledge
76. Islamic Education and Indoctrination

    The Case in Indonesia

    By Charlene Tan

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Islamic schools, especially madrasahs, have been viewed as sites of indoctrination for Muslim students and militants. Some educators and parents in the United States have also regarded introductory courses on Islam in some public schools as indoctrinatory. But what do we mean by "indoctrination"?...

    Published March 21st 2011 by Routledge
77. Schooling and the Making of Citizens in the Long Nineteenth Century

    Comparative Visions

    Edited by Daniel Tröhler, Thomas S. Popkewitz, David F. Labaree

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This book is a comparative history that explores the social, cultural, and political formation of the modern nation through the construction of public schooling. It asks how modern school systems arose in a variety of different republics and non-republics across four continents during the period...

    Published March 21st 2011 by Routledge
78. Equity and Excellence in Education

    Towards Maximal Learning Opportunities for All Students

    Edited by Kris Van den Branden, Piet Van Avermaet, Mieke Van Houtte

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Throughout the world, equity and excellence in education is a major issue of concern. International comparative studies such as those carried out by OECD (PISA) have launched a worldwide debate on the effectiveness of educational systems (macro level), schools (meso level) and teachers (micro level...

    Published December 6th 2010 by Routledge
79. Education Policy, Space and the City

    Markets and the (In)visibility of Race

    By Kalervo N. Gulson

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    Drawing on three case studies of K-12 public schooling in London, Sydney and Vancouver, this book examines the geographies of neoliberal education policy in the inner city. Gulson uses an innovative and critical spatial approach to explore how the processes and practices of neoliberal education...

    Published December 1st 2010 by Routledge
80. Critical Issues in Peace and Education

    Edited by Peter Pericles Trifonas, Bryan Wright

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    This collection asks theorists and educational practitioners from around the world influenced by the schools of feminist pedagogy, critical pedagogy, anti-racist or postcolonial pedagogy, and gay and lesbian pedagogy to reflect upon the possibilities of articulating a "curriculum of difference"...

    Published November 8th 2010 by Routledge