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Written specifically for Education Studies students, this accessible text offers a clear introduction to lifelong learning and the impact it has on all areas of society. Assuming no prior knowledge of the subject, it explores what lifelong learning is, where learning can and does take place and who...
To Be Published May 28th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Foundations and Futures of Education
Across media, academy and popular culture in western societies there is much talk of an implosion of the modern gender order. Education is often presented as a key site in which a crisis of masculinity is played out, and schools have become a focus for practical attempts to reconcile social and...
To Be Published May 30th 2013 by Routledge
Series: Routledge Research in Education
Political theory has, over the last three decades, witnessed a "deliberative turn," giving rise to a growing body of work which has attempted to delineate the benefits which discursive forms of political engagement may bring for democratic citizenship. This volume aims to introduce deliberative...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Development in Practice Books
Concern for achieving Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015 has led to a focus on the role that non-state providers (NSPs) can offer in extending access and improving quality of basic services. While NSPs can help to fill a gap in provision to those excluded from state provision, recent...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Studies in Higher Education
Since the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was created in 1995, there has been international pressure towards the liberalization of education all over the world, as well as new challenges to the traditional internationalization rationale in the field of higher education. Nevertheless,...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
This book presents a compelling range of international research on the issues of gender balance and gender bias in education. The chapters draw on cutting edge work from the US, Latin America, the UK, Ireland and Africa, presenting readers with new insights into how educators and students often...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Contexts of Learning
Research and practice in the vast field of school-family-community relations have evolved dramatically over the last thirty years. Schools throughout the world face enormous challenges due to demographic changes and societal problems, making partnerships among schools, families and community groups...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
Series: Contexts of Learning
This synthesis of the latest knowledge on homework presents unique findings by researchers from various countries and diverse professional backgrounds. It approaches the topic of homework from several perspectives, including its political and cultural contexts aspects of parental...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
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...
To Be Published May 31st 2013 by Routledge
