Education Policy & Politics Books

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31. The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys

    Edited by Robin Alexander, Christine Doddington, John Gray, Linda Hargreaves, Ruth Kershner

    The Cambridge Primary Review Research Surveys is the outcome of the Cambridge Primary Review – England’s biggest enquiry into primary education for over forty years. Fully independent of government, it was launched in 2006 to investigate the condition and future of primary education...

    Published March 11th 2013 by Routledge
32. Learner-centred Education in International Perspective

    Whose pedagogy for whose development?

    By Michele Schweisfurth

    Series: Education, Poverty and International Development

    Is learner-centred education appropriate for all societies and classrooms? Learner-centred education (LCE) is a travelling policy, widely promoted by international agencies and national governments. Arguments in favour of this pedagogical tradition refer to theories and evidence from cognitive...

    Published March 6th 2013 by Routledge
33. Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline

    Rescuing the university project?

    By John Furlong

    Education – An Anatomy of the Discipline focuses on the development of the discipline of education, how it is understood and practised in contemporary universities, and the potential threats to its future. As the author, John Furlong argues, disciplines are not only intellectually coherent fields...

    Published March 3rd 2013 by Routledge
34. Learning Identities in a Digital Age

    Rethinking creativity, education and technology

    By Avril Loveless, Ben Williamson

    Series: Changing Times in Education

    Digital media are increasingly interwoven into how we understand society and ourselves today. From lines of code to evolving forms of online conduct, they have become an ever-present layer of our age. The rethinking of education has now become the subject of intense global policy debates and...

    Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
35. The Professional Identity of Teacher Educators

    Career on the cusp?

    By Ronnie Davey

    Series: Teacher Quality and School Development

    The Professional Identity of Teacher Educators offers a contemporary study of teacher education in a period of huge international, institutional and professional change. The book explores the experiences, understandings, and beliefs that guide the professional practices of teacher educators, and...

    Published February 17th 2013 by Routledge
36. Ethical Educational Leadership in Turbulent Times

    (Re) Solving Moral Dilemmas, 2nd Edition

    By Joan Poliner Shapiro, Steven Jay Gross

    Educational leaders not only face moral and ethical decisions regarding their classrooms, schools, districts, and education institutions, but they also must consider the complexities and threats that impact their communities. In this unstable era of war, terrorism, natural disasters, accountability...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
37. Reconfiguring the Natures of Childhood

    By Affrica Taylor

    Series: Contesting Early Childhood

    In this fascinating new book, Affrica Taylor encourages an exciting paradigmatic shift in the ways in which childhood and nature are conceived and pedagogically deployed, and invites readers to critically reassess the naturalist childhood discourses that are rife within popular culture and early...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
38. The General Factor of Intelligence

    How General Is It?

    Edited by Robert J. Sternberg, Elena L. Grigorenko

    This edited volume presents a balanced approach to the ongoing debate of just how general the "general factor" of intelligence is. To accomplish this goal, the editors chose a number of distinct approaches to the study of intelligence--psychometric, genetic-epistemological, cognitive, biological,...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Psychology Press
39. Intercultural and Multicultural Education

    Enhancing Global Interconnectedness

    Edited by Carl A. Grant, Agostino Portera

    Series: Routledge Research in Education

    By addressing intercultural and multicultural education in a global context, this volume brings together the dynamic discussions and lively debate of intercultural and multicultural education taking place across the world. Not content with discussion of theory or practice at the expense of the...

    Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
40. The Changing Landscape of the Academic Profession

    Faculty Culture at For-Profit Colleges and Universities

    By Vicente M. Lechuga

    The rapid success of for-profit colleges and universities (FPCUs) only recently has caught the attention of scholars in academe. The continuing expansion of the proprietary higher education sector has lead to fundamental questions regarding the purpose and function of FPCUs. As new technologies...

    Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge