Educational Futures

Dominant and Contesting Visions

By Ivana Milojevic

This book provides an overview and analysis of current tensions, debates and key issues within OECD nations, particularly Australia, the USA, Canada and the UK,...

Published May 19th 2005 by Routledge.

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The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the History of Education

Edited by Gary McCulloch

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in history of education today. Focusing on the...

Published March 24th 2005 by Routledge.

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The RoutledgeFalmer Reader in the Philosophy of Education

Edited by Wilfred Carr

This Reader brings together a wide range of material to present an international perspective on topical issues in philosophy of education today. Focusing on the...

Published March 24th 2005 by Routledge.

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The Edison Schools

Corporate Schooling and the Assault on Public Education

By Kenneth J. Saltman

The story of the Edison Schools is a gripping tale of money, kids, and greed. What began in the 1980s as an enterprise to transform...

Published January 27th 2005 by Routledge.

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Experiences of Special Education

Re-evaluating Policy and Practice through Life Stories

By Derrick Armstrong

Discussion about educational provision for children with learning difficulties has largely ignored the voices of those for whom that provision is intended. Experiences of Special...

Published September 25th 2003 by Routledge.

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Teaching Community

A Pedagogy of Hope

By bell hooks

Teaching can happen anywhere, at any time--not just in classrooms but in churches, in bookstores, in homes, anywhere people get together to share ideas that...

Published August 25th 2003 by Routledge.

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Care and Education in Early Childhood

A Student's Guide to Theory and Practice

By Audrey Curtis, Maureen O'Hagan

The authors draw on their extensive early years expertise to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the key issues in the field of early...

Published April 3rd 2003 by Routledge.

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The Theory and Practice of Learning

Edited by Peter Jarvis, John Holford, Colin Griffin

Learning is among the most basic of human activities. The study of learning, and research into learning is becoming a central part of educational studies....

Published February 1st 2003 by Routledge.

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Making Sense of Education

An Introduction to the Philosophy and Theory of Education and Teaching

By David Carr

Making Sense of Education provides a contemporary introduction to the key issues in educational philosophy and theory. Exploring major past and present conceptions of education,...

Published September 12th 2002 by Routledge.

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Educational Controversies Towards a Discourse of Reconciliation

By Pamela Lapage, Hugh Sockett

For the last 100 years, people have argued vigorously about a vast number of educational issues. At the heart of the arguments lies the question:...

Published December 20th 2001 by Routledge.

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