Philosophy & Theory of Education

Achieving school reform is a long, arduous process. If one were to "tell it like it is," the effort is usually wrought with problems that most chan...

Within the broader context of the global knowledge economy, wherein the "college-for-all" discourse grows more and more pervasive and systems of hi...

This scholarly research Handbook aggregates the broad-ranging, interdisciplinary, multidimensional strands of writing research from scholars worldw...

International comparisons of student achievement in mathematics, science, and reading have consistently shown that Japanese and Korean students out...

Makiguchi Tsunesaburo (1871-1944) was a Japanese schoolteacher, principal, educational philosopher, and Buddhist war resister. The progenitor of th...

Self-Regulated Design Learning: A Foundation and Framework for Teaching and Learning Design reframes how educators in architecture, landscape archi...

The Handbook of Mental Wellness Strategies for Educators offers health-giving ways to reframe teaching work and the stresses that come with it, exa...

For several decades internationalisation has been a cornerstone of both Japanese government higher education policy and approaches to reform at an ...

This book presents critical perspectives on teacher professional learning and professional development as interpreted in 14 countries across Europe...

This book brings together diverse, international scholarly perspectives on education and democracy in response to contemporary challenges for educa...

Though Asian Indians are typically thought of as a "model minority", not much is known about the school experiences of their children. Positive ste...

Even with increased attention to refugee women’s issues in the late 20th century, post-colonial discourses have nurtured limiting representations o...

As the world seemingly gets smaller and smaller, schools around the globe are focusing their attention on expanding the consciousness and competenc...

In the World Library of Educationalists, international experts themselves compile career-long collections of what they judge to be their finest pie...

We think primarily in images, and only secondarily in words, while both the image and the word are preceded by the bodily, the visceral, the muscul...

This companion gives a comprehensive overview of the history of primary education in India. It presents an analytical narrative of the progress of ...

This book explores the multifaceted concept of learner voice in education, emphasising its significance across various contexts and historical peri...

Elite schools have an intriguing capacity to endure and adapt in the face of social, cultural and political change. They help both to reproduce pow...

Religious education in liberal pluralist societies such as the UK, the USA, and Australian underwent radical change in the 1980s and 1990s, with a ...

This book is a user-friendly resource that prepares teachers to meet the needs of linguistically, culturally, geographically and educationally dive...

This volume centres the notion of "chance" in education as a key concept in contemporary education – relating to aspects like accountability, dataf...

Poole’s book illuminates the experiences and perspectives of host country national teachers at internationalised schools in China. The internationa...

Winner of the Comparative and International Education Society Higher Education Special Interest Group Best Book Award for 2014!As universities incr...

As colleges and universities in North America increasingly identify "internationalization" as a key component of the institution’s mission and stra...

Documentation and Inquiry in the Early Childhood Classroom explores teacher inquiry, reflection, and research and the documentation of these proces...

Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as one of the most important German contributions ...

Are socioeconomic inequalities in education declining? Is socioeconomic background becoming less important for people’s occupational class or statu...