Moral & Social Purpose of Education

In this ethnographic study of a secondary school in the UK, the author presents an incisive account of school life from the various points of view ...

Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts situates and problematizes identity interaction, campus life, student experiences, and the effe...

Originally written at a time of crisis in the education system of Britain – occasioned by cuts, contradictions and change - many of the issues disc...

The role of language is central in education – but there is much debate about the exact relation between children’s language and their educational ...

Scholars across fields of education have longstanding histories of critically considering the many ways that inequities in schooling are engendered...

John Dewey is widely accepted as one of the greatest educational philosophers of all time. Over 100 years ago, he warned that we must reset educati...

Despite decades of substantial investments by the federal government, state governments, colleges and universities, and private foundations, studen...

First published in 1950, Long Term Results of Infant School Methods was written to explain and summarise the results of Gardner’s experiment to tes...

Inevitably a product of the time in which it was published this book discusses important questions of neuro-psychology as well as setting out the e...

This timely and rigorous edited collection discusses complex processes related to student experience and belonging in contemporary higher education...

This title, first published in 1971, provides a guide to the social psychology of learning. The author examines the school class as a group and con...

Written by an experienced school and meditation teacher, this book is packed with tried and tested mindfulness exercises and relevant follow-up wel...

This book presents the state-specific dimensions of the governance of higher education in Bihar, India, based on a real-case perspective. It discus...

This edited volume shares the diverse experiences of immigrant professors in the United States. Chapters provide insight for educators in academia ...

Despite meritocratic claims of equal opportunity, official statistics released by the Ministry of Education, Singapore, reveal that a large segment...

This book foregrounds postcolonial theory as a lens through which to explore the concept of ‘global heritage’ and argues that the meso-level spaces...

A 'safe space' is both a precondition, and one of the effects, of efforts of inclusiveness and egalitarian access to education. By creating safe sp...

Highlighting the voices less commonly showcased to the public – voices of young people, parents, and social and health practitioners – this book co...

This book brings together leading scholars in Global Studies in Education to reflect on how various developments of historic significance have unse...

To help researchers, educators and policy makers understand and support the development of 21st-century skills in schools, this edited volume explo...

Religious Education as a Dialogue with Difference addresses current issues over the study of religion in publicly maintained schools. Are liberal, ...

Originally published in 1969. This is the first volume in a trilogy which compares co-educational and single-sex schools. The study is based on the...

John Dewey is widely accepted as one of the greatest educational philosophers of all time. Over 100 years ago, he warned that we must reset educati...

Rethinking LGBTQIA Students and Collegiate Contexts situates and problematizes identity interaction, campus life, student experiences, and the effe...

This book explores the potential of school dining halls as spaces of social learning through interactions between students and teachers.Schools, Fo...

Equity, Exclusion and Everyday Science Learning explores how some people are excluded from science education and communication. Taking the role of ...

This book explores the influence of neoliberal globalisation on African higher education, considering the impact of the politics of neoliberal ideo...

First published in 1966, this book was written to serve as an introductory textbook in the philosophy of education, focusing on ethics and social p...

Winner of the American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice Book Award, 2019Europe is a multi-ethnic society experiencing a rise of anti...

Examining the roles, impacts and challenges of civil society organizations (CSOs) in Latin America, this volume provides a broad perspective on the...

Student engagement is a catch-all term, irresistible to educators and policy makers, and serving many agendas and purposes. This ground-breaking bo...

This monograph highlights the educational experiences of rural children who are 'left behind' by their migrant worker parents in China, analyzing h...

This timely work investigates the possibility of unyoking and decolonising African university knowledges from colonial relics. It claims that acade...

Many people place great stock in the importance of civic virtue to the success of democratic communities. Is this hope well-grounded? The fundament...

Character Education for 21st Century Global Citizens contains the papers presented at the 2nd International Conference on Teacher Education and Pro...

Based on a carefully contextualized and critical study, this book tells how France’s dominant social and political ideology and prevailing cultural...