Theory of Education Paperbacks

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21. Professionalism in Early Childhood Education and Care

    International Perspectives

    Edited by Carmen Dalli, Mathias Urban

    The professionalism of the early childhood sector has gained prominence on the policy agendas of many countries. National pedagogical frameworks or curricula and an upsurge of pathways to gaining or upgrading qualifications has led to a pervasive terminology of professionalism. Yet, despite the...

    Published December 31st 2011 by Routledge
22. Changing Educational Contexts, Issues and Identities

    40 Years of Comparative Education

    Edited by Michael Crossley, Patricia Broadfoot, Michele Schweisfurth

    Series: Education Heritage

    Documenting major intellectual and paradigmatic changes in the field of comparative education in the light of the history and development of the journal Comparative Education, this book compiles a selection of articles from forty years of the journal’s distinguished history. It illustrates how...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
23. Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning

    A Critical Perspective

    Edited by Harry Daniels, Hugh Lauder, Jill Porter

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Education

    Educational Theories, Cultures and Learning focuses on how education is understood in different cultures, the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them, and how we can understand the principle actors in education - learners and teachers....

    Published October 4th 2011 by Routledge
24. Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy

    A Critical Perspective

    Edited by Harry Daniels, Hugh Lauder, Jill Porter

    Series: Critical Perspectives on Education

    Knowledge, Values and Educational Policy focuses on what schools are for and what should be taught in them, how learning is possible across boundaries, and issues of diversity and equity. Policies and practices relating to schools are also considered. Within this volume, internationally...

    Published August 8th 2011 by Routledge
25. Levinas and Education

    At the Intersection of Faith and Reason

    Edited by Denise Egéa-Kuehne

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    This first book-length collection on Levinas and education gathers new texts written especially for this volume by an international group of scholars well known for their work in philosophy, educational theory, and on Levinas. It provides an introduction to some of Levinas's major themes of ethics,...

    Published July 28th 2011 by Routledge
26. Physical Education Futures

    By David Kirk

    Series: Routledge Studies in Physical Education and Youth Sport

    Can we imagine a future in which physical education in schools no longer exists? In this controversial and powerful meditation on physical education, David Kirk argues that a number of different futures are possible. Kirk argues that multi-activity, sport-based forms of physical education have...

    Published June 16th 2011 by Routledge
27. Beauty and Education

    By Joe Winston

    Series: Routledge International Studies in the Philosophy of Education

    Beauty is something we value instinctively. We find it in art and in nature, in words, images and ideas, seeking it through our senses and through our intellect, in others and in ourselves. This book seeks to re-awaken educators to the power of beauty as an educational concept, to its relevance for...

    Published June 12th 2011 by Routledge
28. Educational Futures

    Dominant and Contesting Visions

    By Ivana Milojevic

    This book provides an overview and analysis of current tensions, debates and key issues within OECD nations, particularly Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK, with regard to where education is and should be going. Using a broad historical analysis, it investigates ideas and visions about the...

    Published March 29th 2011 by Routledge
29. In Praise of the Cognitive Emotions (Routledge Revivals)

    And Other Essays in the Philosophy of Education

    By Israel Scheffler

    First published in 1991, In Praise of Cognitive Emotions comprises fourteen of Scheffler's most recent essays - all of which challenge contemporary notions of education and rationality. While defending the ideal of rationality, he insists that rationality not be identified with a mental faculty or...

    Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge
30. Troubling Gender in Education

    Edited by Jo-Anne Dillabough, Julie McLeod, Martin Mills

    This book explores new questions and lines of analysis within the field of ‘gender and education’, conveying some of the style and diversity of contemporary research directions. It celebrates as well as assesses the achievements of feminist work in education, acknowledging this legacy while also ‘...

    Published September 30th 2010 by Routledge