{"product_id":"routledge-education-studies-textbook-1","title":"Routledge Education Studies Textbook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Education Studies Textbook\u003c\/em\u003e is an academically wide-ranging and appropriately challenging resource for students beyond the introductory stages of a degree programme in Education Studies. Written in a clear and engaging style, the chapters are divided into three sections that examine fundamental ideas and issues, explore educational contexts, and offer study and research guidance respectively.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo support the development of critical thinking, debates between contributors are interspersed within sections and address the following questions:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo private schools legitimise privilege?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShould the liberal state support religious schooling?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAre developments in post-14 education reducing the divide between the academic and the vocational?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo schools contribute to social and community cohesion?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo traditional and progressive teaching methods exist or are there only effective and ineffective methods?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEducational Research: a foundation for teacher professionalism?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach chapter opens with an overview of the rationale behind it and closes with a summary of the main points. At the end of every chapter key questions are posed, encouraging the student to critically reflect on the content, and suggestions for further reading are made.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Education Studies Textbook\u003c\/em\u003e is essential reading for students of Education Studies, especially during second and third years of the undergraduate degree. It will be of interest to trainee teachers, including those working towards M Level.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA companion volume, \u003cem\u003eThe Routledge Education Studies Reader\u003c\/em\u003e by the same editors, contains key classic and contemporary academic articles and has been designed to be used alongside this \u003cem\u003eTextbook\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255164719448,"sku":"9780415561365","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415561365_c0001f4a-9c5e-495b-b1d8-ac198cbd4a34.jpg?v=1777240831","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/routledge-education-studies-textbook-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}