Moral & Social Purpose of Education

Bringing together the perspectives of researchers, policy makers, activists, educators and practitioners, this book critically interrogates the Wes...

This collection brings together many of the world’s leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the dis...

The State and the Politics of Knowledge extends the insightful arguments Michael Apple provided in Educatingthe "Right" Way in new and truly intern...

Originally published in 1987. The perspectives, research methods and strategies adopted by researchers and teachers to investigate gender and educa...

Creativity and Learning in Later Life examines how processes such as ‘creativity’ and ‘inspiration’ are experienced by writers who engage with the ...

This book presents a detailed ethnographic study conducted in an urban slum in India. It explores how a State school, as a social and pedagogic ins...

The State and the Politics of Knowledge extends the insightful arguments Michael Apple provided in Educatingthe "Right" Way in new and truly intern...

Social Theory and Health Education brings together health education scholarship with a diverse range of social theories to demonstrate the value an...

Students of Color and the Achievement Gap is a comprehensive, landmark analysis of an incontrovertible racialized reality in U.S. K-12 public educa...

This book explores four interrelated themes: rethinking civic education in light of the diversity of U.S. society; re-examining these notions in an...

This volume explores contemporary issues of ethnic, cultural, and national identities and their influence on the social construction of identity. T...

Theorising Identity and Subjectivity in Educational Leadership Research brings together a range of international scholars to examine identity and s...

Rethinking Education in Light of Global Challenges discusses challenges to education in Scandinavian welfare states due to global trends like migra...

Responding to increasing concerns about the harmful effects of so-called ‘lad culture’ in British universities, and related ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultur...

This timely book explores how various feminist perspectives fruitfully explain women’s experience of educational leadership, drawing on a contempor...

Focusing on community colleges as a unique structure within American higher education, this text investigates the specific ways in which these inst...

Based on a qualitative meta-analysis of data from five studies conducted with secondary and college students, this book explores the multiple ways ...

This book provides a valuable route map to the development of thinking in disability studies over the last eighteen years. It includes over twenty ...

The monograph examines the constructive process of class consciousness among rural migrant children in China and how their perceptions of social re...

Play is critical to children’s well-being and development. All students should have access to and adequate time for positive play experiences every...

Drawing on a three-year post-critical ethnography, this volume counters deficit-based notions of disability to present a new social and dialogic th...

Why is there a need to rethink madrasah education? What is the positioning of Muslims in contemporary society, and how are they prepared? What is t...

When deciding what to do, is it best to treat one’s own interests as more important than the interests of others, others’ interests as more importa...