Philosophy & Theory of Education

Mediated Critical Communication Pedagogy explores the role of both traditional and new media in critical communication pedagogy. This edited volume...

This book demonstrates how humans can become sensitized to, and intervene in, environmental degradation by writing, reading, analyzing, and teachin...

Marking the fiftieth anniversary of two of the most influential books in modern educational and social theory, Rethinking Freire and Illich introdu...

Although the language of vocation was born in a religious context, the contributors in this volume demonstrate that it has now moved well beyond th...

The album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold over 420,000 copies in its first week, received ten Grammy nominations (winning five). Celebrating T...

A case for sex education that puts it in historical and philosophical context. In the United States, sex education is more than just an uncomfortab...

Education Studies continues to grow as a popular undergraduate area of study. This core text addresses themes common to all Education Studies cour...

Education Studies continues to grow as a popular undergraduate area of study. This core text addresses themes common to all Education Studies cour...

This book supports trainee teachers with their written assignments.  It helps students to approach their academic writing with confidence, to fully...

This book supports trainee teachers with their written assignments.  It helps students to approach their academic writing with confidence, to fully...

Thinking Through Ethics and Values in Primary Education is an accessible text that encourages readers to explore deeply the ethics and values surro...

The purpose of the book is to identify and describe the teacher image that was inherent at the teacher training colleges in Finland during 1921 to ...

This book attempts to explore the nature of quality assurance policies and practices in three universities in the Southern African region. It looks...

This book is a pioneering work. It discusses special characteristics of the education of Sámi people, an indigenous people living in Northern Europ...

What do you know when you know something about history? What is important to know and how do you learn? Adolescents encounter history everywhere: a...

Using feedback to enhance learning  Feedback has the potential to dramatically improve student learning  if done correctly. In fact, providing hig...

Disabling Characters provides detailed analyses of selected young adult (YA) novels and short stories. It looks at the relative agency of the disab...

While democratic ideals are cherished by many worldwide, practice and competence in democratic procedures and behaviors are fading. Educating for d...

The Hope for Audacity: From Cynicism to Hope in Educational Leadership and Policy is authored by educators who feel compelled to make their voices ...

This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. Drawing from rich data, International Struggl...

Plantation Pedagogy originates from an Afro-Caribbean primary school teachers experience. It provides a discourse which extends and illuminates the...

This book has received the AESA (American Educational Studies Association) Critics Choice Award 2013. Drawing from rich data, International Struggl...

Idioms are universal to all languages, and figurative language is pervasive in everyday discourse. However, idiom studies rarely touch on the probl...