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.
Edited by:
Catherine A. Simon (Bath Spa University UK), Stephen Ward Imprint: Routledge Country of Publication: United Kingdom Edition: 4th edition Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 635g ISBN:9780367276683 ISBN 10: 0367276682 Pages: 270 Publication Date:04 December 2019 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Catherine A. Simon is a principal lecturer in Education Studies at Bath Spa University, UK. Stephen Ward is Professor Emeritus of Education at Bath Spa University, UK.