A Student's Guide to Education Studies: A Student's Guide (4)

Synopsis

This new edition of A Student’s Guide to Education Studies is an essential resource for any undergraduate making their first explorations into the fascinating world of education. It explores a wide range of alternative visions of education encouraging students to challenge the perceived notions about learning and knowledge. Offering new perspectives and powerful ideas for discussion on a variety of long-standing topics such as class, race and gender, the book is organised around five enduring themes: Policy and Politics, Global and Environmental Education, Knowledge and Learning, Childhood and Youth, Professionalism and Employment. With a distinctive international and global focus, this new edition has been extensively updated to reflect the latest research and thinking in the field and features new chapters on: The sociology of education and the philosophy of education Inclusion Childhood and youth Professionalism and work-based learning Populism in politics Including summary points, questions for discussion and annotated suggestions for further reading, this book provides the theoretical background needed to carry out a critical analysis of education policy and practice and is an essential resource for all students of Education Studies.

Copyright:

2020

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

270 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000766677

Related ISBNs:

9780429297212, 9780367276690, 9780367276690, 9780367276683, 9780367276683, 9780429297212, 9780367276690, 9780367276690, 9780367276683, 9780367276683

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

01/06/20

Copyrighted By:

N/A

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Education

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Catherine A. Simon

Edited by:

Stephen Ward