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  • - A Democratic Alternative
    by Michael Fielding & Peter Moss
    £48.99 - 123.99

    Argues for a radical education with democracy as a fundamental value, care as a central ethic, a person-centred education that is education in the broadest sense, and the image of the rich child. This book explores the meaning of radical democratic education and the common school and how they can work in practice.

  • - New directions for educational organisations
     
    £40.99

    With contributions from expert, and emerging, leadership scholars, this book challenges assumptions of leadership as being the default option for the explanation of organisational functioning by emphasising the structural features that constrain organisations. It offers a critical and diverse discussion between theoretical perspectives including French social theory from Bourdieu to Foucault, Derrida, Lyotard, and Arendt, as well as notions of wisdom, ethics and social justice. At a time when leadership¿s dominance seems unshakeable, this is a bold book which should appeal to postgraduates in educational leadership and management, and those undertaking training in educational administration.

  • - Towards a Transformative Agenda for Africa
    by UK) Tikly & Leon (University of Bristol
    £35.49 - 123.99

  • - Teaching with a professional compass
    by University of London, UK.) Brooks & Clare (Insitute of Education
    £38.49 - 123.99

  • - Institution, idea, possibilities
    by University of London, UK) Barnett & Ronald (Institute of Education
    £42.99 - 123.99

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    £137.49

    How can discerning critical hope enable us to develop innovative forms of teaching and learning and social practices, that begin to address issues of marginalization, privilege, and access across different contexts? This book posits the notion of critical hope not only as conceptual and theoretical, but also as an action-oriented response to despair.

  • - Experiences and discourses of sexuality and gender
     
    £123.99

    Provides researchers and practitioners with a baseline upon which to develop research or enhance an understanding of ways of conceptualising and challenging bullying related to gender, sexuality, and transgender status.

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    £137.49

    Offers a reassessment and realignment of Curriculum Studies in the UK and international contexts. Comprising a collection of eleven chapters, this book aims to lead and foster critical, generic debates about formal education and its relationships to the wider society.

  • - Social, cultural and global transformations
    by Chris Haywood & Mairtin Mac an Ghaill
    £40.99 - 123.99

  • - Girls and the Sexual Politics of Schooling
    by University of London, UK) Ringrose & Jessica (Institute of Education
    £44.49 - 132.99

  • - Beyond widening participation
    by London, UK) Burke & Penny Jane (Roehampton University
    £44.49 - 132.99

  • by University of London, UK) McCulloch & Gary (Institute of Education
    £44.49 - 141.99

    Sets out a vision for a future of study in the history of education which contributes to education, history and social sciences alike. Drawing on thirty years of experience as a researcher and teacher in the history of education, the author presents a critique of the history of education in the modern world.

  • - Ethos, diversity, citizenship
    by UK) Hemming & Peter (University of Cardiff
    £40.99 - 137.49

  • - Exclusion, Schooling and Inclusive Education
    by Melbourne, Australia) Slee & Roger (Victoria University
    £42.99 - 123.99

    Explores the foundations of controversies and confusions in inclusive education by tracing the historical origins of both special and inclusive education, offering propositions for moving inclusive education forward.

  • by University of London, UK) Barnett & Ronald (Institute of Education
    £40.99 - 123.99

    Ever since its medieval origin, the concept of the university has continued to change. The metaphysical university gave way successively to the scientific university, and then to the corporate and the entrepreneurial university. This title charts this conceptual development and examines the possibilities for the idea of the university.

  • - A Critical Analysis
    by Australia) Selwyn & Neil (Monash University
    £42.99 - 123.99

    Tackles the 'wider picture' of schools and digital technology - addressing the social, cultural, economic, political and commercial aspects of schools and schooling in the digital age. This book intends to make sense of what happens (and what does not happen) when the digital and the educational come together in the guise of 'schools technology'.

  • - Experiences and discourses of sexuality and gender
     
    £48.99

    Provides researchers and practitioners with a baseline upon which to develop research or enhance an understanding of ways of conceptualising and challenging bullying related to gender, sexuality, and transgender status.

  • - Technology-Rich, Learner-Centred Ecologies
    by University of London, Institute of Education, UK) Luckin & et al.
    £38.49 - 123.99

    Intends to re-dress the lack of attention that technology developers and enthusiasts pay to a learner's wider context, offering a definition of context as a set of inter-related resource elements, including people and objects.

  • - Psychoanalytic Explorations of Learning and Classrooms
    by University of London, UK) Bibby & Tamara (Institute of Education
    £38.49 - 123.99

    Offers a refreshing reconsideration of key educational experiences including those of: being judged and assessed, both formally and informally, adapting to different groups for different purposes, struggling to think under pressure, and learning to recognise and adapt to the expectations of others.

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    £47.99

    Offers the reassessment and realignment of Curriculum Studies in the UK and international contexts. Comprising a collection of eleven original chapters by nationally and internationally known experts in the field of Curriculum Studies, this book aims to lead and foster generic debates about formal education and its relationships to the society.

  • - Passing Success Across the Generations
    by Leon Feinstein, University of London, UK) Duckworth, et al.
    £56.49 - 128.49

    The educational achievement of parents is often reflected in that of their children and there are many underlying causes for such a relationship. Providing an overview of academic and policy thinking in relation to the role of the family, this book explores the educational success of children.

  • by University of London, UK) Unterhalter & Elaine (Institute of Education
    £48.99 - 137.49

    Looks at gender equality in schooling as an aspiration of global social justice. This book analyses the historical, sociological, political and philosophical issues involved and examines actions taken by governments, Inter-Government Organisations, NGOs and women's groups since 1990 to combat this injustice.

  • by University of London, UK) Haydon & Graham (Institute of Education
    £47.99 - 137.49

    Offers an analysis of the fundamental questions about the nature and purpose of education. This book builds on an analogy between the familiar idea of our responsibility for the physical environment and the less familiar idea of our responsibility for the ethical environment. It addresses many ideas developed in debates about value education.

  • - A holistic perspective
    by Iva Strnadova & Therese M. Cumming
    £48.99 - 132.99

  • - Talking the Talk
    by Wolff-Michael Roth
    £46.49 - 132.99

    Aims to help educators understand the ways in which they use language and the sense in which they are as much subject to its possibilities as they are able to consciously mobilize those possibilities.

  • - Identity, Power and Politics in Education
    by Deborah (University of Birmingham & UK) Youdell
    £42.99 - 123.99

    Education studies, including work in the foundation disciplines of sociology, philosophy and history as well as policy sociology, has at its heart a concern with social justice and the question of how education might be able to contribute to this. This book sets out various approaches to pursuing social justice in and through educational settings.

  • - Psychoanalysis, Teaching and Learning in the Classroom
    by University of London, UK) Bibby & Tamara (Institute of Education
    £35.49 - 123.99

  • by University of London, UK) Ireson & Judith (Institute of Education
    £42.99 - 132.99

    Offers a creative approach to the psychology of learning. This book focuses on the idea that learning in schools and other educational settings is best understood by paying attention to both individual learners and the educational contexts in which learning takes place. It encourages teachers, parents and other educators to think about learners.

  • - Playing with Numbers
    by UK) Bradbury, Alice (UCL Institute of Education, UK) Roberts-Holmes & et al.
    £35.49 - 123.99

  • - Debating the Price of Progress
    by Peter Davies
    £35.49 - 123.99

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