Philosophy & Theory of Education

Edited by an international team of leading scholars, The Routledge Handbook of Social Epistemology is the first major reference work devoted to thi...

This volume of essays brings a phenomenological focus to bear on the subject of education in order to provide a fruitful stimulus for educational p...

This book examines the way in which professors must confront the social implications of racial neoliberalism. Drawing on autoethnographic research ...

Throughout the course of his career Lionel Elvin has worked closely with experts in many different areas of the educational field and has found tha...

First published in 1972, this book aims to provide an introduction to the teacher, or teacher in training, to society and its relationship to educa...

The challenge of widening access and participation in higher education in a manner that ensures students are successful in their studies is a major...

Postdisciplinary Knowledge is the first book to articulate postdisciplinarity in philosophical, theoretical and methodological terms, helping to es...

Maria Montessori's Philosophy shows how Montessori's commitment to "follow the child" can be understood as a philosophical method for answering the...

First published in 1983, Understanding Student Learning provides an in-depth analysis of students’ learning methods in higher education, at the tim...

First Published in 1992. This book grew out of a special issue of the journal Sociology of Education. There is no simple relation between education...

Which topics are right for Action Research in an education context? How do you go about planning a project, collecting and analysing your data? Wha...

This book provides a critical insight into comparative approaches to the professional learning and development of early years educators – taken to ...

* Marshalls the arguments for affirmative action* Offers strategies for actionWhy is affirmative action under attack? What were the policy’s origin...

Imitation: The Basics is an engaging introduction to the topic of imitation behavior in humans, providing a summary of existing scientific research...

This book considers how the main doctoral awarding countries from across the globe examine doctoral degrees. It compares and contrasts their approa...

Many scholars have turned to the groundbreaking critical research methodology, Youth-Led Participatory Action Research (YPAR), as a way to address ...

A clear and practical presentation of the workings of an experimental nursery school. Miss Johnson offers no hasty generalizations; she sets down t...

Academics and professionals working with young women face a series of paradoxes. Over the last 20 years, the lives of young women in the UK and Eur...

In Right to be Hostile, scholar and activist Erica Meiners offers concrete examples and new insights into the "school to prison' pipeline phenomeno...

There has been a dearth of studies on teacher educators using action research to improve their own practice. This book is the first systematic stud...

This book provides a comparative history of Islamic education in the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet countries. Case studies on Ukraine, Azerbaija...

The Credit Crunch of 2008 has exposed the fallacies of neoliberalism and its thesis of the self-regulating market, which has been ascendant in both...

Published in 1983, this book is a collection of original papers which explore concerns in the teaching of drama in education. All chapters have bee...

This book explores the narratives and experiences of LGBTQ+ and gender non-conforming students around the world. Much previous research has focused...

Since the global financial crisis of 2007-08 the question of the aims of schooling have assumed greater importance. There has been no ‘return to no...

Challenging traditional notions about why successful high school graduates struggle in college, this book sheds light on the obstacles that hinder ...

Bringing together a unique collection of 18 insightful and innovative internationally focused articles, Educational Research Practice in Southern C...

A professional text written for social science researchers and practitioners, Research, Actionable Knowledge and Social Change provides strategies ...

This book offers a unique analysis of the tension between the individual and society in educational contexts, and the role that citizenship and dem...

The concern that the democratic purposes of higher education -- and its conception as a public good -- are being undermined, with the growing reali...

Professor Margaret Archer is a leading critical realist and major contemporary social theorist. This edited collection seeks to celebrate the scope...

Innovation is a striking and polemical feature of contemporary schooling. The 1960s saw an upsurge of interest in progressive educational theories ...

The institution of tenure—once a cornerstone of American colleges and universities—is rapidly eroding. Today, the majority of faculty positions are...