New Studies in Critical Realism and Education
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Knowledge and Knowers
Towards a realist sociology of education
We live in ‘knowledge societies’ and work in ‘knowledge economies’, but accounts of social change treat knowledge as homogeneous and neutral. While knowledge should be central to educational research, it focuses on processes of knowing and condemns studies of knowledge as essentialist. This book...
To Be Published August 13th 2013 by Routledge
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Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation
Education for First Peoples
Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education
Strong and Smart – Towards a Pedagogy for Emancipation tells the story of how Dr Chris Sarra overcame low expectations for his future to become an educator who has sought to change the tide of low expectations for other Indigenous students. The book draws upon Roy Bhaskar’s theory of Critical...
Published June 8th 2011 by Routledge
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Why Knowledge Matters in Curriculum
A Social Realist Argument
Series: New Studies in Critical Realism and Education
What should we teach in our schools and vocational education and higher education institutions? Is theoretical knowledge still important? This book argues that providing students with access to knowledge should be the raison d’être of education. Its premise is that access to knowledge is an issue...
Published January 9th 2012 by Routledge